Eric H. Holder has an estimated net worth of $12 million.
The American lawyer and politician Eric Himpton Holder served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015.
Born born January 21, 1951 in New York City, Holder completed Stuyvesant High School in 1969. He then enrolled at Columbia College, where he earned a B.A. degree in American history in 1973 and received a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1976. While at Columbia University, Holder was a co-captain of his basketball team.
Holder worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the United States Attorney.
Between 1976 and 1988, he worked for the U.S. Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section.
Holder was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988 to serve as a judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He prosecuted Congressman Dan Rostenkowski from Illinois for corruption charges. In 1993 he stepped down and was appointed United States Attorney for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton, becoming the first African American U.S. Attorney to hold that office.
In 2009, Holder became the 82nd Attorney General of the United States. Serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, Holder was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. attorney general.
Holder worked for Covington & Burling and was a senior legal advisor to Barack Obama. He is the first and only cabinet member in United States history to be held in contempt of Congress as a result of the Fast and Furious investigation.
Eric H. Holder has been married to Dr. Sharon Malone since 1990 and together they share three children; Eric Holder, Maya Holder and Brooke Holder.