Prior to her political career, she was an executive vice president of her family-owned Trump Organization and also a boardroom judge on her father's television show, The Apprentice.

She also had a fashion lifestyle brand called under her own name that consisted of apparel, footwear, handbags, jewelry, and fragrance; Trump shut down the company in July 2018.

While serving in the White House, she continued to retain ownership of businesses, which raised ethics concerns, specifically conflicts of interest.

Trump attended Christ Church and the Chapin School in Manhattan until the age of 15 when she switched to Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut.

[8] In May 1997, she was featured on the cover of Seventeen which ran a story on "celeb moms & daughters"[9][8]as well as in campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Thierry Muglar and Versace.

[17] As executive vice president of development and acquisitions of the Trump Organization, she was responsible for the domestic and global expansion of the company's real estate interests.

[42] Her brand faced criticism for using rabbit fur and was involved in a design infringement lawsuit with Aquazzura Italia SRL, which was later settled.

Three provisional trademarks for handbags, jewelry, and spa services were granted on the day Xi dined with President Trump and his family at Mar-a-Lago.

[53][54] Trump announced in July 2018 that she shut down her company after deciding to pursue a career in public policy instead of returning to her fashion business.

[55][56][57] Trump filled in for the businesswoman Carolyn Kepcher on five episodes of the fifth season of her father's television program The Apprentice, first appearing to help judge the Gillette task in week 2.

[121] After advising her father in an unofficial capacity for the first two months of his administration, Trump was appointed "First Daughter and Advisor to the President,"[122][123] a government employee, on March 29, 2017.

In August 2017, President Trump announced that Ivanka would lead a U.S. delegation to India in the fall in global support of women's entrepreneurship.

[145][51][146] In September 2017, Trump delivered an anti-human trafficking speech at the United Nations General Assembly, calling it "the greatest human rights issue of our time".

[147] The event was hosted by then British prime minister Theresa May, who personally invited Trump to a patriciate, in collaboration with Great Britain and Ireland.

[147] Trump led the United States presidential delegation to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games closing ceremony in February 2018.

[150] She and her father attended the 2019 G20 Osaka summit in late June 2019; the French government released a video of her awkwardly inserting herself into a conversation with world leaders, leading to online parodies and memes.

[153] In 2019 to advance her "Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative", and advocate for changes in laws to allow women to freely participate in the economy,[155][156] Trump visited countries receiving US development assistance including Ethiopia,[157] Ivory Coast,[158] Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay,[159] and Morocco,[160] as well as attended the 74th United Nations General Assembly.

[162] Trump backed a bill to fund paid family and medical leave for federal employees, which was passed by the Senate in December 2019.

[170][171] While serving in her father's administration, Trump retained ownership of businesses, which drew criticism from government ethics experts who said it created conflicts of interest.

[172] It is not possible to determine the exact amount of Trump's outside income while working in her father's administration because she is only required to report the worth of her assets and liabilities in ranges to the Office of Government Ethics.

)[175] In June 2022, Trump told the panel of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack that she did not believe the election was stolen and accepted William Barr's conclusion that voter fraud claims have "zero basis".

[191] Other charities she supports include United Hatzalah, to which her father, Donald Trump, has reportedly made six-figure donations in the past.

[192][193] After she was appointed advisor to the president, Trump donated the unpaid half of the advance payments for her book Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success to the National Urban League and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

[89] Trump collaborated with the nonprofit organizations CityServe, City of Destiny, and Mercy Chefs to supply a million meals to Ukrainian families in March 2022.

[195] That same year, alongside healthcare industry leaders, she organized five cargo planes of requested medical supplies for Ukraine with the support of the First Lady of Poland and the Polish ambassador to the UN.

[203] In January 2017 it was announced that she and Kushner had made arrangements to establish a family home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C.[204] Federal filings implied that, in 2017, Trump and her husband may have assets upwards of $740 million.

[223][224] She describes her conversion as an "amazing and beautiful journey" which her father supported "from day one", adding that he has "tremendous respect" for the Jewish faith.

"[225] In November 2016, Trump and her husband made a pilgrimage to the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, a popular prayer site, shortly before her father's election victory.

[236][237] On Saturday Night Live, Trump has been portrayed by cast member Vanessa Bayer,[238] as well as guest hosts Margot Robbie, Emily Blunt,[239][240] and Scarlett Johansson.

[245] In the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race, a satirical version of her was portrayed by Mercedes Iman Diamond in "Trump: The Rusical".