Karoline Leavitt’s engagement ring is price a fortune, so it in all probability goes with out saying that her husband is a really rich man. Nonetheless, that hasn’t all the time been the case. Fairly the opposite — for a few years, Nicholas Riccio’s life was something however lavish, and there was an extended interval when he was homeless. 

Chatting with Seacoastonline again in 2005, Riccio revealed that his childhood had been a tumultuous one, significantly after his mother and father parted methods. He hinted at each his mom and father transferring round so much after their divorce, which meant he by no means felt fully settled. Nonetheless, issues solely worsened as soon as he turned 18 and Riccio turned homeless. Heartbreakingly, that continued on and off for years, and he advised the outlet that whereas he was in school, there have been occasions he needed to dwell in his automotive. Throughout that interval, he relied on pals the place mandatory. “Once I was 19 or 20, I’d name my buddies to go over [to] their homes to look at a recreation simply so I might take a bathe,” he advised Seacoastonline. 

Finally, issues took a flip for the higher after Riccio had accomplished a course on actual property and began taking out loans to purchase funding properties. By the point of his 2005 interview, he’d constructed up a formidable enterprise, proudly owning and rejuvenating practically half the properties on M Road in Hampton Seashore, New Hampshire. Nonetheless, he additionally shared that he had plans to increase additional and saved a scrapbook of reports clippings about M Road’s dingier previous to make use of as motivation. Given his personal historical past, we now have no doubts that he took the same strategy to his life generally, utilizing his previous experiences with poverty to maintain pushing ahead. 

Regardless of his humble beginnings, by 2005, Nicholas Riccio had some very massive objectives — and never simply within the property enterprise. He additionally spoke extensively with Seacoastonline about his want to at some point personal a sports activities staff. And, very a lot in keeping with the dedication he’d had when it comes to constructing an enormous property portfolio, he outlined among the steps he’d taken towards attaining that dream. Specifically, he spoke about having no qualms about reaching out and asking inquiries to those that had owned groups up to now. A type of occurred to be George W. Bush, who had beforehand served because the Texas Rangers’ managing companion. In accordance with Riccio, he and the then-president had spoken about it for a number of minutes and he’d walked away impressed. 

In fact, Riccio does not personal a staff simply but. His spouse has additionally identified up to now that he prefers to remain personal, so maybe that is not one in every of his objectives and he merely hasn’t shared that with the world. Nonetheless, that does not imply he is stopped rubbing shoulders with political elites. In truth, again in 2020, he provided up two of his properties to host a Girls for Trump assembly. 

It isn’t clear if Riccio met his a lot youthful now-wife – he and Karoline Leavitt have an enormous age hole of 32 years — because of his involvement within the assembly, however we would not rule out the chance. In spite of everything, Trump’s new press secretary does hail from New Hampshire and was concerned within the state’s political scene. Both means, it is fairly clear Riccio has come a great distance — going from excessive poverty to excessive wealth — and now has direct entry to among the strongest individuals within the nation.