DONALD JR.
Donald J. Beaudry Jr.
Building Long-Term Financial Infrastructure for Nevada
Based at Trump International Las Vegas
Life in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a city of unlimited possibilities that no leader has ever tapped — one of America’s last great economic frontiers.
After 30 years in the financial-markets industry — from hedge funds to systematic trading to engineering models that operate across global exchanges — I see Nevada through a very specific lens: opportunity waiting to be unlocked.
Markets are always based on future expectations — and that is exactly how I see Nevada: not by what it is today, but by what it could be.
My wife, Kadek Grimaldi Beaudry, and I live in Las Vegas and have built our life and work here together.
Right now, Nevada’s economy is built almost entirely on tourism.
It’s a world-class industry, but it cannot carry the full financial weight of an entire state. This is why Nevada has never reached the level of wealth and security it should have achieved decades ago.
A Financial Markets Engineer’s Perspective
My background — designing trading architectures, managing quantitative strategies, and understanding how capital moves — has taught me one thing:
Nevada is not lacking potential.
Nevada is lacking a financial engine.
This state has never had leadership with the financial-markets expertise required to build one. That is the missing piece in Nevada’s economy.
The Rocket-Ship Moment for Nevada
Launching a state-owned global exchange (NGEX) in Nevada would transform the entire state almost overnight.
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Casino stocks could see their valuations jump.
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Businesses across all industries would experience new, powerful economic opportunities.
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Jobs would emerge across the entire spectrum of the workforce.
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Nevada would generate revenue from global financial activity instead of taxing residents.
This isn’t speculation.
This is how financial systems actually work:
build the right architecture, and everything accelerates.
Kadek and I live in Las Vegas. We walk these streets every day. We see a state full of untapped potential — a state that simply needs leadership capable of building the kind of financial infrastructure that can finally unlock real prosperity.
That is exactly what I am offering Nevada.
A wonderful visit with Rod Stewart at the Wynn, going back to when I knew his son Sean while I lived in Los Angeles, California — and the photo was graciously taken by his wife, Penny Lancaster-Stewart, who was there with us at the Wynn that day.
During my years living in Hollywood, California, Stevie Wonder was a close friend of ours. He would often visit our place, and on my birthday he had a tradition I’ll never forget — he would sing “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” but he always changed the words to: “I just called to say I love Donald Jr. — happy birthday.” It was one of the warmest, most unforgettable parts of that time in my life.
Donald J. Beaudry Jr. and his wife, Kadek Grimaldi Beaudry, at Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas — where we live and have built our life and work together.
A wonderful visit with Rod Stewart at the Wynn, going back to when I knew his son Sean while I lived in Los Angeles, California — and the photo was graciously taken by his wife, Penny Lancaster-Stewart, who was there with us at the Wynn that day.
