The company was founded by Jules and Eddie Trump (who are not related to
Donald Trump), Jewish brothers who moved to the United States from South Africa in the 1970s. In 1980, the brothers began their first project, Williams Island in Aventura. Initially based in New York, the company purchased the Seattle-based
Pay 'n Save drug store chain in 1984. Shortly after the purchase, the publisher of the trade magazine
Drugstore News mistakenly tried to sell Donald Trump a subscription. Donald Trump and the
Trump Organization then unsuccessfully sued the Trump Group over the use of the Trump name. Trump then petitioned the
United States Patent and Trademark Office to revoke the trademark registration which it did in 1988 because of the "likelihood of confusion". ==Philanthropy==