Paolo Zampolli

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Paolo Zampolli (born March 5, 1970) is an Italian-American socialite, businessman and former modeling agent. After migrating to the United States and founding a modeling agency, Zampolli became a close friend of Donald Trump, whom he introduced to his future wife, Melania Knauss, in 1998. After moving out of modeling, Zampolli founded a real estate firm and held roles representing Dominica at the United Nations. In 2020, Trump named Zampolli to the Kennedy Center's board of trustees. In March 2025, during the second Trump administration, Zampolli was named special envoy for global partnerships, in which capacity he represented the United States in varied settings until he was fired amid conflicts with his superiors in October 2026.

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