At that time, Trump was still struggling financially from his missteps of the late ’80s and early ’90s. It’s important to recognize the importance of the casino empire’s role in Trump’s vaunted mid-1990s comeback. Over the same period, the company paid Trump-essentially Trump paying himself��roughly $82 million by Fortune’s estimates, collected from a dizzying variety of sources spelled out in the company’s proxy filings, as varied as payments for use of Trump’s private plane to fees paid directly Trump for access to his name and marketing expertise. During Trump’s 13 years as chairman, the casino empire lost a total of $1.1 billion, twice declared bankruptcy, and wrote down or restructured $1.8 billion in debt. From mid-1995 to early 2009, Trump served as chairman of Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (renamed Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2004), and held the CEO title for five years (mid-2000 to mid-2005).
