Republican Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, the first public office that the 70-year-old real estate mogul-turned politician will hold.

Mr. Trump defeated Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton — who would have been the country’s first woman President in its 240-year history — and succeeds Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the U.S. Mr. Trump is the oldest person to be elected President.

About Donald Trump:

Donald John Trump  was born June 14, 1946 is an American businessman and politician . Trump was born and raised in New York City to parents of German and Scottish origin and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.

In 1971 he was given control of his father Fred Trump’s real estate and construction firm and later renamed it The Trump Organization, rising to public prominence shortly thereafter.

Trump has appeared at the Miss USA pageants, which he owned from 1996 to 2015, and has made cameo appearances in films and television series. He sought the Reform Party presidential nomination in 2000, but withdrew before voting began. He hosted and co-produced The Apprentice, a reality television series on NBC, from 2004 to 2015. As of 2016, he was listed by Forbes as the 324th wealthiest person in the world, and 156th in the United States.

In June 2015, Trump announced his candidacy for president as a Republican and quickly emerged as the front-runner for his party’s nomination. In May 2016, his remaining Republican rivals suspended their campaigns, and in July he was formally nominated for president at the 2016 Republican National Convention.