Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and a current Justice Department adviser, married Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon in New York on Saturday. The ceremony drew senior Trump administration figures, but public records do not substantiate the widely repeated claim that Mildon is personally a billionaire.

Alina Habba and Turhan Mildon were married Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Waldorf Astoria in Midtown Manhattan, bringing together a prominent figure from President Donald Trump’s legal and political orbit and the 29 year old executive of a Turkish family owned conglomerate.

The wedding was covered as a lavish, high security affair, with reports describing elaborate floral installations, multiple event spaces and senior administration guests. Yet some of the most eye catching claims surrounding the marriage, particularly descriptions of Mildon as a billionaire and accounts of how the couple first met, are less firmly supported than the wedding itself.

A lavish Manhattan celebration

The wedding took place at the recently renovated Waldorf Astoria New York, with reports describing white and pink blossoms, red roses, mirrored surfaces and a large reception in the hotel’s ballroom.

The New York Post reported that the couple assembled the event in roughly three months after their preferred venue, the Plaza Hotel, was unavailable.

An unnamed event planner quoted by the Post estimated that ballroom space, flowers and music could easily reach $1 million, before the cost of guest rooms or other hotel areas.

That figure was an outside estimate rather than a disclosed bill from the couple or the hotel, so it should not be treated as a confirmed wedding price.

Other reporting said Habba wore multiple gowns during the celebration and that roughly 300 guests attended. Her children, Chloe and Luke, from her first marriage to attorney Matthew Eyet, were also reported to have been present.

The event followed months of relatively limited public information about the relationship. In an interview published days before the wedding, Mildon confirmed the marriage and said the couple had been introduced in the United States through a mutual friend who was serving as an ambassador.

The billionaire label is unverified

Mildon has repeatedly been described in tabloid coverage as a Turkish billionaire.

Publicly available information supports a narrower description. He is a senior executive in a wealthy and internationally active family business, but there is no verified public estimate showing that his personal net worth exceeds $1 billion.

A Turkish report published before the wedding noted that Mildon does not have a verified Forbes billionaire profile or another publicly documented valuation establishing a billion dollar personal fortune.

That distinction matters because the value of projects handled by a family controlled company is not the same thing as one executive’s personal net worth.

Miller Holding’s own materials identify Mildon as its chief executive or chairman and describe the group as active in construction, infrastructure, industry and international investment.

The company is privately held, and public disclosures do not establish Mildon’s exact ownership percentage, debts, liquid assets or other information necessary to calculate his personal wealth.

Calling him a businessman from a powerful Turkish business family is therefore supported. Calling him a billionaire as a settled fact is not.

Who Turhan Mildon is

Mildon is a third generation figure in the Miller Holding family.

The group traces its roots to an automotive company founded in 1967 by Muhsin Turhan Mildon and has since expanded into a range of sectors and countries.

Mildon’s own corporate profile says he leads international investment, construction and infrastructure projects and plays a central role in Milvest, a Miller Holding subsidiary with large projects in Africa.

Turkish reporting also identifies him as a vice chairman of Çorum FK, a professional soccer club.

His public profile has grown through projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In a 2024 interview with Congolese outlet Ouragan, Mildon said Milvest entered the country in 2021 and was involved in 14 projects with the government.

He said an introduction to President Félix Tshisekedi had been facilitated in Istanbul through Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

That account shows access to senior political figures, but it is not the same as evidence that Mildon or his family are personal political allies of Erdoğan.

His company has also publicized an award presented to him by Erdoğan at a Turkey Africa business forum, another indication of high level business connections rather than proof of a specific political relationship.

Business ties span Congo and Venezuela

Milvest’s most visible work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo includes the Kinshasa Congress and Financial Center, a large complex developed in the capital.

Congolese public broadcaster Radio Okapi reported on the project during construction, while Miller Holding later said it had been inaugurated with President Tshisekedi and Mildon participating.

The company has also described work involving hotels, offices, public infrastructure and other development projects in the country.

Those projects help explain why Mildon’s name appears in reporting about government linked contracts and cross border business relationships.

In Venezuela, Miller Holding has promoted Vencement, a cement venture that it says is investing in plants and targeting annual production capacity of 10 million tons.

Company statements have said Mildon and other board members visited the facilities and approved additional investment plans.

Those claims come from Miller Holding itself and should be understood as corporate statements rather than independently audited descriptions of the venture’s value or performance.

They nevertheless confirm that the family group’s stated business footprint extends beyond Turkey and Central Africa.

How the relationship began

Some wedding coverage has suggested Habba and Mildon met at an event at Washington’s Kennedy Center.

Mildon’s own account is different.

In an interview with Middle East Eye, he said a mutual friend who was an ambassador in the United States introduced them.

Mildon also rejected speculation that the marriage was driven by political interests, telling the outlet that it had “no political motivation.”

The comment was notable because both spouses have relationships that touch politics.

Habba’s public role is tied to Trump and the Justice Department, while Mildon’s international business projects bring his companies into contact with foreign governments.

Mildon was previously married to Betul Gursoy, whose family has been involved in major construction projects in Turkey.

Middle East Eye reported that the marriage ended in late 2024.

Habba married attorney Matthew Eyet in 2011. The couple divorced in 2019 and share two children.

She later married parking industry executive Gregg Reuben. Public reporting indicates that marriage ended in early 2026.

Habba remains tied to Justice Department

Habba became nationally known after joining Trump’s legal team in 2021 and representing him in several high profile civil cases.

Trump later brought her into his second administration, first as a presidential counselor and then as the administration’s choice to lead the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey.

Her tenure there became a major appointments dispute.

After her initial interim period ended, the administration used a series of personnel moves intended to keep her in charge without Senate confirmation. Federal defendants challenged her authority.

In December 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a lower court decision concluding that Habba could not lawfully serve as acting U.S. attorney under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act through the arrangement the administration had used.

Habba then stepped down from the New Jersey post.

She did not leave the Justice Department.

The department announced on Dec. 8, 2025, that she would serve as senior adviser to the attorney general for U.S. attorneys, a position recent reporting still identifies as her role.

The distinction is important because some wedding accounts describe Habba simply as a former Trump lawyer or former U.S. attorney, leaving out her continuing Justice Department position.

Senior Trump officials attended

Among the most politically prominent guests reported at the Waldorf were FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche and Margo Martin, a special assistant to the president and communications adviser.

Their titles are current.

The FBI identifies Patel as its director, a position he has held since February 2025.

Blanche, who previously served as deputy attorney general and earlier represented Trump in criminal cases, was sworn in as the 88th U.S. attorney general on Aug. 10, 2026.

Trump himself was not at the wedding.

The president’s public schedule placed him in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday for the University of Tennessee’s game against Texas at Neyland Stadium.

Contemporary reports differed over the crowd reaction to his appearance.

Some described loud boos, while others said the response was mixed and that no clearly dominant negative reaction was established.

For the wedding story, the more relevant point is simpler.

Trump was in Tennessee while Habba and Mildon were celebrating in New York.

What is confirmed and what is not

The central event is well established.

Habba and Mildon married on Sept. 26 at the Waldorf Astoria, and the guest list included several senior figures connected to the Trump administration.

Mildon is a 29 year old executive in a prominent Turkish business family with substantial projects abroad, while Habba remains a Justice Department adviser after her legal battle over the New Jersey U.S. attorney post.

Several surrounding details require more care.

A seven figure estimate for the wedding came from an outside planner rather than invoices.

Reports of an enormous diamond engagement ring and an expensive Hermès bag rely on tabloid assessments rather than independently documented purchase records.

Most significantly, the “billionaire” description attached to Mildon is not backed by a verified personal net worth calculation.

His family’s companies may control or execute projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but corporate project value cannot be converted into personal wealth without evidence of ownership, liabilities and valuation.

The marriage also should not be used to infer a new political alliance by itself.

Mildon says it has no political motive, and there is no public evidence showing that the wedding altered government policy, produced a business deal or created an official relationship between his companies and the Trump administration.

What the event does illustrate is the overlap of legal, political and international business networks around two people who have each operated near powerful institutions.

Habba’s public career has been shaped by Trump’s legal battles and federal appointments.

Mildon’s has been shaped by a family conglomerate working on major projects in countries where relationships with governments are central to doing business.

Their wedding was undeniably high profile.

The strongest evidence supports a more precise description than some of the headlines circulating online.

Habba married a wealthy Turkish business executive at one of New York’s most famous hotels, surrounded by senior political figures, while the widely repeated claim that Mildon is personally a billionaire remains unverified.