Trump’s youngest son Barron reportedly earns $40M from family crypto venture

By Phong Ngo June 30, 2025 | 01:27 am PT

Barron Trump, the youngest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, has reportedly earned nearly US$40 million from the family’s cryptocurrency venture, according to Forbes.

The earnings, which left Barron with an estimated $25 million after taxes, came from World Liberty Financial, a digital token firm launched by the Trump family last year. In a September 2024 interview, Donald Trump said: "Barron knows so much about this."

"Barron’s a young guy, but he knows it—he talks about his wallet," he added. "He’s got four wallets or something, and I’m saying, ‘What is a wallet?’"

Since the launch, Trump himself is estimated to have made around $1 billion through crypto-related activities, Forbes reported. His 19-year-old son appears to have accumulated more wealth at an early age than his older siblings. Trump’s elder children held small stakes in real estate projects, such as the Trump tower in Las Vegas and the Washington, D.C. hotel, but those ventures did not generate returns comparable to the crypto boom.

Barron Trump at an event in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo from AFP

In March, World Liberty announced that it had sold $550 million worth of tokens. A recent financial disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics revealed that Trump earned $57 million from those sales. The document also stated that Trump holds a 75% stake in the umbrella company DT Marks Defi LLC, with the remaining 25% owned by undisclosed third parties, according to the New York Post.

Barron is listed as a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, alongside his father, Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump. Forbes estimated that Barron likely holds a 7.5% stake in the Delaware-based firm, mirroring his reported interest in the Trump Organization’s Washington, D.C. hotel.

Barron, who was nine when his father announced his 2016 presidential campaign, moved into the White House at age 11 in January 2017. He has largely remained out of the public spotlight.

According to a 2020 biography of his mother, Melania Trump, the First Lady renegotiated her prenuptial agreement in 2018 to secure better inheritance terms and a more active business role for her son.