Joe Biden, $8 Million

Joe Biden assumed arguably the most powerful office in the world as the President of the United States in January 2021, following Donald Trump. At that time, his net worth combined with that of his wife was estimated at $8 million. Besides his demanding job, he's known to have collected some of that sum outside of politics.

Once the self-proclaimed poorest man in Congress, Biden mainly earned his living from book deals and public speaking gigs. Gobankingrates.com claims that his salary in the White House is $400K, almost half of when he was the vice president, and he reportedly earned $170K in the Senate.

Kamala Harris, $5 Million

Kamala Harris is a law graduate who started her career in the District Attorney's office in Alameda County. In January 2004, she herself became the DA of San Francisco and held the office for seven years before being promoted to Attorney General of California in 2011.

While there are multiple reports of her net worth, Forbes reported it to be about $5 million in 2021. She's married to entertainment litigator Doug Emhoff and says that she earns about $1 million annually from their tax filings. In 2019 Harris sold about 200k copies only in the United States of her memoir titled "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey."

Barack Obama, $70 Million

Barack Obama remains one of the most popular former presidents of the United States. And his ethnicity initially had a part to play, as it was a buzz all over the world when he was elected. However, that aside, his policies regarding healthcare and immigration were noteworthy as well.

According to an article on the Business Insider website, the Obama family was worth at least $70 million by the end of 2020. The ex-president not only receives a six-figure pension but also makes profits from public speaking and book sales. His own memoir, combined with his wife's, sold about 15 million copies within a span of three years.

Mike Pence, $1 Million

A 2019 article by Forbes.com reveals how the former United States Vice President Mike Pence only grew in worth from government pensions. While his savings are about $85K, he's yet to receive five-digit pensions from the government for the coming years.

With that in mind, the business magazine estimates that Pence is probably worth around a million dollars. Overall he's deemed to have low experience in any business venture and has only earned through government employment paychecks so far. During his tenure in office as Vice President, he introduced tighter security proposals in 2006 to restrict illegal entries into the country.

 

George W. Bush, $40 Million

Having served two terms as the President of the United States starting in 2001, George W. Bush is the son of also former President George. H. W. Bush. He's been featured in a number of TV shows and documentaries for his policies on the war on terror, along with multiple others.

Before his election as the Governor of Texas, George was already doing well as a leading businessman in the oil industry. Since he left office, he has earned millions of dollars for public speaking and book deals, including a memoir. His policies on counter-terrorism remain highly appreciated to this day.

Hillary Clinton, $40 Million

While various numbers are available on the internet, Yahoo! Finance reports that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's net worth was about $40 million as of February 2021. She also happens to be the First Lady of the United States for two terms starting in 1993 while holding a few other high offices as well.

After leaving the White House, she, and her husband, Bill Clinton, started to encash their political popularity. Forbes.com reported in a 2016 article that the two have made over $240 million in profits from various ventures. That includes the sales of Hillary's bestselling memoir "What Happened," published in 2017.

Nancy Pelosi, $106 Million

As of 2022, Nancy Pelosi served as the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States. The democrat has a legendary standing in the political circuit today and has served multiple roles starting with becoming the Chairperson of the California Democratic Party back in 1981.

In March 2021, the website usatoday.com published an article that estimated her net worth at about $106 million. The publication further states that she owns several commercial properties with her husband, which generates rental income and adds to their net worth. Meanwhile, the two also have their own personal ventures on the side.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, $12K

Since her 2021 appearance at the Met Gala was in a gown that read "TAX THE RICH," USAtoday.com has been doing quite a bit of research to fact-check her finances. An article about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez determines that most of the news circulating about her net worth being over a million dollars is false. The actual figures are estimated to be around $12K.

That largely owes to her student loan debt, which was still about $19K in 2019. Ocasio-Cortez lives in a rented pad in Washington. As of 2022, she is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 14th district of New York.

Amanda Gorman, $2 Million

Even though not a politician, Amanda Gorman became popular in the sphere thanks to the recital of her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration ceremony. The event made her famous globally; soon enough, two of her poetry books became bestsellers.

Sportskeeda.com says that her net worth could have been around $2 million before the inauguration, while financial experts expect it to have multiplied soon after that. In February 2021, she claimed another feat by becoming the first poet to have performed at a Super Bowl. Now that is big, considering the range of showbiz talent usually vying for that spot.

Pete Buttigieg, $250K

Deriving most of his annual income from his political career, Pete Buttigieg has a net worth of about $250K, according to finance.yahoo.com. He is the Secretary of Transportation under the Joe Biden administration, while he's also held the office of the Mayor of South Bend for two terms starting in 2012.

Buttigieg earned a salary of $149K in his terms as a mayor, while he also made a substantial amount of money for his first book titled "Shortest Way Home." A graduate of Harvard University, he is an out and proud gay man married to a teacher named Chasten James Glezman Buttigieg.

Bernie Sanders, $3 Million

As of July 2021, Bernie Sanders was worth $3 million after serving four decades in U.S. politics. His lake house in Vermont is pretty huge and was all over the news when he officially moved there in 2020. Business Insider reports the democrat's annual salary as a senator at about $174K, while he earned $1 million from royalties for his books.

Although he's been the Senator of Vermont since 2007, he also started to Chair the budget committee starting in Biden's administration. Sanders ran for president twice in the 2016 elections as well as in 2020. While he lost in the latter, he backed out in the former.

Andrew Yang, $1 Million

Andrew Yang is not only a political candidate but also an attorney and a businessman. In an article from 2019, Forbes estimated his net worth to be about $1 million. While it seemed a lot, it was not as much as that of his political rivals.

Yang lives in a rental residence in Manhattan but also owns a house in New Paltz that is worth somewhere around $500K. The remainder of his fortune comes from his stocks, mutual funds, and cash account investments. Truly an inspiration to all hustlers, Yang started with humble beginnings but managed to erect an empire for himself.

Anthony Fauci, $1.7 Million

Dr. Anthony Fauci is a physician and an immunologist by education. He has been a director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, while he also became the Chief Medical Advisor in the White House under the Joe Biden presidency.

A few websites have reported the net worth of Dr. Fauci's household as $10.5 million. However, Forbes denied that in an article and claimed that the figure was actually $1.7 million, including all sorts of incomes and investment gains. Additionally, he earns royalties from his textbooks, pension, and restaurant stakes which all bring in a tidy sum.

Peter Doocy, $1.5 Million

Snopes.com calls him one of the richest journalists in the world while adding that Peter Doocy earns about $100K annually. The American reporter basically works as a White House correspondent for Fox News and makes most of his earnings from that career. He also appears on a range of news shows for reporting.

His last name also reminds us of his father, Steve Doocy, who was a co-host on the popular talk show "Fox & Friends." Peter basically rose to fame with his 2014 interview of the ex-Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, credited with gunning down the terrorist Osama Bin Laden.

Andrew Cuomo, $5 Million

56th Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo decided to resign in 2021 following a controversy. He had served two and a half terms in the office. His paycheck at that time was about $200k annually, while he had other sources of income as well, including real estate advisory.

Apart from that, he was also entitled to the royalties from his three publications. His 2014 title ''All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life'' became a best-seller, as did his 2020 publication titled "American Crisis" in light of global events at the time. He was in a relationship with Sandra Lee, a TV personality and chef, up until 2019.

Joe Manchin, $8 Million

Senator Joe Manchin, who represents West Virginia, is a renowned American politician with a net worth of $8 million. He was also the governor of the same state from 2005 to 2010 and has raised his voice on multiple issues such as gun control, healthcare, and recreational drug use.

According to Yahoo! Finance, Manchin makes about $700K annually and owes his fortune to his coal brokerage firm. While he's not as rich as a few politicians, he's far off wealthier than many on this list. He also often appears on TV talk shows to share views on multiple matters related to his expertise, i.e., energy.

Jill Biden, $8 Million

While it's difficult to calculate Jill Biden's net worth by herself, an article from Business Insider tells us that when combined with that of her husband, President Joe Biden, it equals about $8 million. Jill became the first lady of the United States in January 2021 and moved into the White House.

She's a teacher and lived far from politics until she met her husband on a blind date in 1975. She's been quoted as telling her mother that she'd finally met a gentleman following the date. Following that, she also worked in Joe's office for five years, and the two tied the knot in 1977.

Jim Justice II, $450 Million

Jim Justice II is foremost a businessman and later a politician. In 2011 he jumped into the Forbes 400 list with a net worth of $1.1 billion. That was majorly due to a massive deal of coal mines with a Russian company in 2009. His net worth, at its peak, was $1.7 billion.

In 2015 he repurchased the mines along with a few environmental obligations. Later on, a massive loan of $850 million further plummeted his worth which in 2022 stood around $450 million. He's been serving as the Governor of West Virginia since 2017 while he continues to handle his cash flows primarily through business ventures.

Kevin McCarthy, $95 Million

American politician and Republican party member Kevin McCarthy has been the House Minority Leader since 2019. In 2021 the website Celebrity Net Worth estimated his net worth to be $95 million. His career in politics started in 1987, and he assumed his first office 15 years later as a member of the California State.

McCarthy lives in a beautiful residence in California that he bought for about $21 million. The property is said to have indoor pools, a tennis court, a wine cellar, and ten bedrooms. In 2015 McCarthy ran for the position of Speaker of the House. However, he was unsuccessful.

Mitt Romney, $450 Million

Mitt Romney is a famous politician and currently serves as a senator from UTAH. Interestingly the republican has nine doctorate degrees from different institutions, including one from Saint Anselm College in 2015. People magazine also named him among their list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in 2022.

Romney is an MBA from Harvard University and initially only wanted to work in the field of business. His first job after graduation was at Boston Consulting Group, whereas later on, he was at Bain & Company, where he worked up to the level of Vice President. In 2021 his net worth was estimated to be $450 million.

Jimmy Carter, $10 Million

Jimmy Carter was the President of the United States between 1977 and 1981. Finance.yahoo.com reported his net worth at $10 million. He wasn't a politician since the beginning and ran a peanut farm before he was anywhere close to power. However, his popularity among the people of his native Georgia drove him to pursue it.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Carter is still as humble a person as he was before his tenure. He currently resides in a tiny abode (assessed at $167K in 2018) in Georgia and enjoys his retirement mingling with his neighbors and shopping at local stores.

Kellyanne Conway, $39 Million

In 2018, Business Insider reported politician and former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's net worth was around $39 million. According to the Staff Salaries report released by the White House, she drew a paycheck of $179K. However, most of her income is reported to be coming from her political polling business.

Conway has been a massive supporter of Trump and vice versa. She resided in the Trump World Tower from 2001 till 2008 and ran polls for him when he was planning to run for the governor of the state of New York. Ironically her husband, George T. Conway III, is a critic of the former president.

Sarah Palin, $52 Million

While the ex-governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has not held office in over a decade, she might be more affluent than most other fellow politicians. According to a financial disclosure filed in May 2022, she earned about $211,529 from personalized videos uploaded on an online video sharing application.

Additionally, she owns the marketing company called "Pie Spy LLC" which earned her about $70K in the year 2021. Business Insider tells us that the maximum amount the members of Congress are allowed to make besides their salaries is $29,595 annually. That might be a bit troublesome for Palin, who plans to try her luck in politics again.

Dick Cheney, $82 Million

Caknowledge.com reports that former vice president Dick Cheney's net worth is around $82 million. He served two terms under the George W. Bush administration. Besides being a politician, he is also an author and has held multiple other offices in the past, starting with White House Deputy Chief of Staff in 1974.

A few sources, including smiletimegh.com, claim that majority of Cheney's income stems from being the CEO of an oil services company in Halliburton. For his popular tenure in U.S. politics, he's been referenced multiple times in pop culture. In the 2018 film "Vice," he was portrayed by Christian Bale, who delivered an award-winning performance.

Al Gore, $300 Million

Al Gore was last seen serving in a public office in 2001 when he was the American vice president under President Bill Clinton. At that time, his net worth was said to be around $2.5 million. However, a few good decisions, such as an early investment in Apple, Inc's stock, have boosted his fortune. In 2020 that stock portfolio was worth between $50-60 million.

Gore was also an active author and environmentalist post his government job. Under his chairmanship, Generation Investment Management earned about $218 million only between 2008 and 2011. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 in an Oslo ceremony.

Elizabeth Warren, $12 Million

According to Michela Tindera's article for Forbes in 2019, Elizabeth Warren is worth $12 million. She serves as a vice chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus as well as a Senator of Massachusetts. Warren and her husband own a residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and another in Washington D.C., collectively amounting to $3.8 million.

The couple earned about $10 million in a decade post-2008. Most of their earnings came from Tindera's registered company that provides services including teaching, legal consultancy, and investments. Although Warren stopped practicing law after she became a senator, she eventually started to make some more money from book deals.

Ted Cruz, $4 Million

American attorney and politician Ted Cruz is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In his time there, he was the Harvard Law Review's primary editor. As of 2022, Cruz serves as a Senator from Texas had held the office for about a decade. He was also a Solicitor General of the state from 2003 to 2008.

Parkmapper.com reports his net worth to be about $4 million, with the majority of his wealth coming from retirement plans and capital investments. At the same time, his annual salary is reported to be $174K. Cruz was also a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump.

Condoleezza Rice, $12 Million

Condoleezza Rice rightly applied the phrase 'work smart, not hard.' Considering that she did not have much prior political experience, she had to be both wise as well as lucky to have worked under the George H. W. Bush administration as a director of international affairs with the Soviet Union in the National Security Council in 1989.

Rice is a director at the Hoover Institution, a formal unit of Stanford University. She's managed another number of different roles outside of politics after leaving public office in 2009. And it is most probably all of them which contributed to her fortune of $12 million.

Kayleigh McEnany, $500K

Kayleigh McEnany studied law at the University of Miami, followed by a few years at Harvard Law School. While still a student, she started appearing on CNN as a paid commentator and supported Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. Getting that position was pretty lucky with her being the right person at the right time.

During Trump's presidential tenure, she was hired as the White House Press Secretary for a year. That is when she rose to international fame. After his term ended in 2021, Fox News instantly hired her. With a hefty salary as well as past jobs, McEnany's net worth is estimated at $500K.

Rashida Tlaib, $6 Million

One of the first two Mulsim women ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Rashida Tlaib is a lawyer by education. Born to working-class immigrants from Palestine, she began her political career with an internship in 2004 with State Representative Steve Tobocman.

It was he who encouraged Tlaib to run for the seat at the Michigan House of Representatives. And who would've guessed, she succeeded with over 90% of the general election's votes. The congress representative has an accumulated fortune of about $6 million. Some of her primary agendas and motives for the seat include a $15 minimum wage and healthcare for all citizens.

Ayanna Pressley, $1.5 Million

Ayanna Pressley has been a member of the House from Massachusetts since 2019. Her journey in the field of politics began right after her graduation when she interned for Joseph P. Kennedy. Pressley's first breakthrough was her election to the Boston City Council in 2009.

While there are different numbers on a few websites, itsmbu.com reports her net worth at $1.5 million. Pressley has a stance on a number of causes, including healthcare, police brutality against minorities, minimum wage, and forgiving student loans, among others. In 2015 Boston Magazine also named her one of the 50 most influential people in the country.

Ben Carson, $30 Million

Before Ben Carson started a career in politics, he was a neurosurgery graduate and had achieved great success in his field. Not only was he appointed as a director of pediatric neurosurgery at the John Hopkins University, but he also enjoyed a terrific reputation thanks to a range of successful surgeries.

However, he'll probably always be known as the Housing and Urban Development Secretary. His accumulated net worth of $30 million comes not only from salaries but also from his book sales, which include works on politics and autobiographies. Carson has also received several honors, including a Presidential Medal of Freedom award in 2008.

Mitch McConnell, $30 Million

A Forbes article from September 2021 explores the professional journey of Mitch McConnell on how he got more prosperous by the year. His net worth of $30 million includes his property, stocks, bonds, and investments. In 1993 he married Elaine Chao, who was the Secretary of Labor under the George W. Bush administration. While it largely owes to fate and circumstance, McConnell and his wife also inherited a fortune from his mother-in-law.

As of 2021, he assumed the office of the Senate Minority leader, which he'd also previously held between 2007 and 2015. The website Opensecrets.com named him among the wealthiest in the senate in 2018.

Linda McMahon, $1.6 Billion

Wrestling fans around the world would know Linda McMahon. With her occasional appearances on WWE, the show run by her family, she's quite a celebrity. Basically a businesswoman, she was the Administrator of the Small Business Administration for two years under Trump's presidency.

She entered politics with a run for the seat in the U.S. Senate in 2009.
But long before that, McMahon became the president of the vast WWE empire back in 1993. She was later appointed as the CEO in 1997. The multimillion-dollar industry headed by her husband, Vince McMahon, has given her family a tremendous boost in their fortunes.

Bill Haslam - $2.3 Billion

Governor of Tennessee from 2011 and 2019, Bill Haslam, is reported to have a net worth of $2.3 billion as of July 2022. While his first move in politics came in the early 21st century when he ran as the Mayor of Knoxville, he's long been a businessman with experience in leading positions at various companies.

Up until 1999, he was the president of his family's business, Pilot Flying J. That was followed by becoming a CEO at Saks Fifth Avenue and, subsequently, a director at Harold's Stores Inc. Therefore, an excellent investment portfolio along with steady and handsome income streams have given Haslam a vast fortune.

Penny Pritzker, $3.1 Billion

American politician Penny Pritzker served as the Secretary of Commerce between 2013 and 2017. And rightfully so. After all, who'd have a better insight into economic growth and managing international trade than someone with experience in the field?

Pritzker is an economics graduate with an additional MBA who quickly became the chairperson at Superior Bank of Chicago. Fast forward two decades, she even started a real estate investment management firm from the ground up and a venture capitalist firm named PSP Capital Partners. She is one of the 11 billionaires in her extended family and the only one we know to have served in the White House.

Betsy DeVos, $2 Billion

In 2016 former President Donald Trump announced that he wanted Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education in his administration. This was the same year in which Forbes reported her family as the 88th richest in the United States, while in 2021, the same source released an article that declared her net worth at $2 billion.

DeVos is a notable philanthropist and activist. One of her significant contributions to society was forming the Windquest Group, which invests in clean energy. Along with her husband, she's also a director at Neurocore, a company with various centers that offer biofeedback therapy for a range of disorders.

Jen Psaki, Undisclosed

Jen Psaki is an American politician whose net worth was a news item in June 2022. Reuters reported that the website caknowledge.com had listed her fortunes to be worth $27 million. Journalists shared the figure over multiple platforms. Psaki publicly said that her actual worth was not even close to that.

A few other websites claimed the figure was $2-2.5 million, but she did not confirm that either. Hence, there is no authentic number from any source for the former White House Press Secretary's net worth. She left the public office for a job with MSNBC in 2022 and appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" soon after.

Donald Trump, $3 Billion

In 2022, Forbes reported the net worth of former President of the United States, Donald Trump, to be $3 billion. The resident of a 1.5-acre land in Palm Beach, Florida, he was the owner of a multi-billion dollar empire well before his presidential term, which started in 2017. Although, campaigning to win office did cost him some money.

In 2016 Trump's worth was about $4.6 billion, whereas it started falling in the following years, with reports suggesting that many collaborators stopped working with his companies. By 2020, many assumed his fortune had rock bottom at $2.1 billion. Forbes also listed real estate as his primary source of income.

Bill Clinton, $80 Million

There's no denying that Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, make the most famous couple in politics to date, with the latter becoming even more active after the former retired. Their combined net worth as of February 2021 was reportedly about $120 million, out of which $80 million is Bill's contribution.

The former President was in the White House for two terms. Alike many other office holders, Bill also made a fortune from public speaking and book deals owing to his amassed political reputation. Forbes reported that Bill and Hillary had earned about $240 million post his presidency in only 15 years.