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Prince of Liechtenstein net worth: Hans-Adam II is the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein and has a net worth of $7 billion. His net worth has been estimated to be as high as $10 billion and as low as $3.5 billion in recent years. The Prince of Liechtenstein (Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marko d’Aviano Pius von und zu Liechtenstein) has reigned for over 25 years. Hans-Adam is fluent in German, French, English, and Italian, and has almost completely unchecked power over his country. Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marko d’Aviano Pius was born in Zurich, Switzerland in February 1945. His parents are Franz Joseph II and Countess Georgina von Wilczek. The Prince also holds the titles Duke of Troppau, Jagerndorf, and Count Rietberg. The Prince graduated with the equivalent to a Master’s degree in Business and Economic Studies in 1969. Hans-Adam II became Prince in 1989. In 2004 he turned the day-to-day government decision making powers over to his eldest son Prince Alois. Hans-Adam II is still legally the Head of State. The Prince owns the LGT banking group. Hans-Adam is Europe’s wealthiest monarch and one of the world’s richest heads of state. He also owns an art collection that is largely on display at Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna. He speaks German, English, and French. He married Countess Marie Algae Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, his second cousin once-removed, in 1967. They have four children and 15 grandchildren.

Queen Elizabeth of England net worth: Queen Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of sixteen realms of the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations and the Head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Queen Elizabeth II of England has a net worth of $600 million dollars. Queen Elizabeth II reigns over the 16 nations that make up the Commonwealth of Realms including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She is also the head of the Church of England. Early Life: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in London, United Kingdom in April 1926. Her parents were Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Elizabeth, Duchess of York. During the Second World War she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1947. They would go on to have four children including Prince Charles, who would eventually be her heir-apparent to the throne. When she was born, her grandfather, George the V, was King and her uncle was in-line to inherit the throne. Upon her grandfather’s death, her uncle became King Edward VIII. In 1936, just 11 months after ascending to the throne, Edward abdicated so he could marry his American wife Wallis Simpson. When Edward abdicated, the crown passed to his younger brother Albert Frederick Arthur George – Elizabeth’s father. He became George VI and reined from 1936 until his death in February 1952. Ascension: As the eldest child in her family, Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952 upon the passing of her father. As such she became queen regnant of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation was the first in history to be televised. She is also technically the Queen of Jamaica, Barbados, The Bahamas, Grenada, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Tuvalu, Antigua and Barbuda, Nevis, and Saint Kitts. She is a constitutional monarch and rarely grants interviews. As of this writing Elizabeth is the longest-serving British monarch in history and one of the longest-serving monarchs ever. The Queen’s heir apparent to the throne is her son Charles, Prince of Wales. After Charles ascends, his eldest son William will become Prince of Wales – the designation reserved for the heir to the throne. Personal Life: As we mentioned previously, Elizabeth has been married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh since 1947. After Charles they had three children, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. As of this writing they have eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Elizabeth is the patron of more than 600 charities and organizations. She has famously owned Pembroke Welsh Corgis for most of her life. Wealth Details: Contrary to popular belief, Queen Elizabeth is not even close to being the wealthiest woman in the world. Technically she is not even a billionaire. As of this writing, Queen Elizabeth’s net worth is $600 million. Elizabeth’s assets are split into two categories: 1) Assets directly owned by her personally and 2) Assets by body called the Crown Estate. Personal Assets: Queen Elizabeth personally owns Balmoral Castle in Scotland and Sandringham Estate, also in Scotland. She inherited these properties from her father. She personally owns a valuable stock portfolio, several works of art and even a stamp collection. The Crown Estate: The Crown Estate is essentially a real estate portfolio that is not owned by either Elizabeth or the government. If she did own the Crown Estate personally, Queen Elizabeth’s net worth would easily top $25 billion which would make her one of the 50 richest people in the world. And while she may not own the Crown Estate, she does profit from its income. In a given year, the Crown Estate produces around $18 million in income annually for Elizabeth. Another real estate portfolio called the Duchy of Lancaster, produces an income of $27 million per year. Through an entity called the Sovereign Grant, Elizabeth takes 25% of the income produced by the Crown Estate to pay for her family’s expenses such as travel, housekeeping and IT costs. Furthermore, Elizabeth possesses – but does not own – the Royal Collection Trust. The Royal Collection Trust holds the Royal family’s art and other priceless works. The trust owns over 1 million objects, most notably 7,000 paintings by artists including like Rembrandt and Leonadro da Vinci. The Royal Collection Trust’s collection is easily worth at least $1 billion.

Adolf Hitler net worth: Adolf Hitler was a German politician who had a net worth equal to $150 million at the peak of his power (adjusting for inflation). Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary in April 1889 and passed away in April 1945. He was the leader of the Nazi Party and rose to power becoming Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and the Fuhrer of Germany from 1934 to 1945. Hitler initiated World War II when he invaded Poland in 1939. He was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust and his actions and ideology are regarded as evil. He attempted to seize power in a fail coup in 1923 and was jailed where began writing his autobiography and political manifesto titled Mein Kampf. His racially motivated ideology called the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and other victims. He and the regime were also responsible for killing an estimated 19 million civilians and prisoners of war, and more than 28 million soldiers and civilians died from military action. Adolf Hitler committed suicide with his lover Eva Braun on April 30, 1945 at 56 years old. Wealth: The primary source of Hitler’s fortune was his book Mein Kampf. At his peak, Hitler was earning over $1 million a year from Mein Kampf royalties. That’s the equivalent of $12 million a year in today’s dollars. In total, Mein Kampf sold over 10 million copies by the time he committed suicide in 1945. The book sales earned Hitler $7.8 million reichsmarks, which is equal to $152 million inflation adjusted USD. Hitler earned enough money from his royalties to accumulate a $10 million tax bill which he promptly forgave the day he became Chancellor. Hitler used his new found wealth to purchase several lavish homes including one that became the main headquarters of the Nazi party, the Berghof. Hitler invested millions of his own dollars into purchasing and renovating the Berghof property from what was once a small chalet into what we would today consider a massive luxurious estate complete with libraries, screening rooms, pools, tennis courts, multiple car garages and much more.

Jeff Sessions net worth: Jeff Sessions is an American politician and lawyer who has a net worth of $5 million. Jeff Sessions was born in Selma, Alabama in December 1946. He is a Republican who graduated from Huntington College and earned his JD from the University of Alabama. Sessions served in the United States Army Reserve and achieved the rank of Captain. From February 1981 to March 1993 he served as a United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. Sessions was the 44th Attorney General of Alabama from January 1995 to January 1997. From January 1997 to February 2017 he served as a United States Senator from Alabama. Jeff Sessions served as the 84th United States Attorney General from February 2017 to November 2018. In November 2019 he announced his Senate run for the 2020 election. He was one of the most conservative members of the Senate and had a long public and private contention with President Trump over his recusal regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

Devin Nunes net worth: Devin Nunes is an American politician and former dairy farmer who has a net worth of $160 thousand. According to his most recent financial disclosure forms, Devin’s is worth $160,000. At various times in the past, his net worth has topped $340,000. Devin Nunes was born in Tulare, California in October 1973. He is a Republican who graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with an MS degree. Nunes became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California in January 2003. He served as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee from January 2015 to January 2019. Devin Nunes became the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee in January 2019. He served as a member of President Trump’s transition team. In 2017 Nunes chaired the U.S. House intelligence committee when it launched an investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. The U.S. House Committee on Ethics closed their investigation in 2017 without taking any action against him. He released the Nunes memo in 2018 which is a four page memorandum that alleged an FBI conspiracy against Donald Trump. Frivolous Lawsuits: Devin Nunes has developed a habit of filing frivolous lawsuits against critics. He attempted to sue a Twitter use who operated a parody account called “Devin Nunes’ Cow”. A judge ruled that no reasonable person could ever think that a cow could actually operate a Twitter account. That account now has nearly as many followers as Devin’s actual official account.

John Hickenlooper net worth: John Hickenlooper is an American politician, businessman, and geologist who has a net worth of $10 million. According to a 2010 Denver Post article, Hickenlooper’s net worth (at the time) was between $5 and $10 million. It has likely increased since then, despite the fact that he has earned around $90,000 per year serving as Governor. John Hickenlooper was born in Narbeth, Pennsylvania in February 1952. He is a Democrat who graduated from Wesleyan University and earned his MS. Hickenlooper served as the 43rd Mayor of Denver from July 2003 to January 2011. From July 2014 to July 2015 he was the Chair of the National Governors Association. John Hickenlooper served as the 42nd Governor of Colorado from January 2011 to January 2019. He campaigned for the 2020 Democratic nomination for the President of the United States before dropping out and then announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2020. Hickenlooper co-founded the Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado. He was married to Helen Thorpe from 2002 to 2015 and married Robin Pringle in 2016. His cousin George Hickenlooper was an Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker.

Andrew Yang’s net worth: Andrew Yang is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, politician, and lawyer who has a net worth of $600 thousand. He first gained widespread fame in 2019 as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He campaigned on the platform of Universal Basic Income which he called the Freedom Dividend. His supporters called themselves “The Yang Gang.” Early Life: Andrew M. Yang was born in Schenectady, New York on January 13, 1975. He grew up in Westchester County, New York with his older brother Lawrence. His parents met at graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley. They emigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan in the 1960s. As a kid, Yang played Dungeons & Dragons, tennis and the piano. He was bullied at school as one of the few Asian students in his town. Yang was academically gifted and skipped a grade, so he was also one of the smaller kids in his class, leading to further bullying. At 12, Yang scored 1220 out of a possible 1600 on the SAT, which earned him admission to Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth, a summer program for gifted kids, which he attended for the next five summers. Yang’s parents sent him to the elite Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. There, Yang was part of the 1992 U.S. National Debate team that competed in London at that year’s world championships. After graduating in 1992, Yang enrolled at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He majored in economics and political science. He graduated in 1996 and enrolled at Columbia University’s law school, which he graduated from in 1999, Career: After graduating from law school, Yang started his career as a corporate attorney in Manhattan. However, after just five months he resigned because the work was both grueling and unfulfilling. In February 2000, Yang founded Stargiving, a website for celebrity-focused charitable fundraising. The site was a victim of the first dot-com bubble’s bursting. From 2002 to 2005, Yang was employed as the Vice President of a health care startup. Then, in 2005, he joined his pal Zeke Vanderhoek at a test prep company called Manhattan Prep. By 2006, Yang had taken over as CEO. Manhattan Prep focused on the GMAT mostly. Under Yang’s direction, the company grew from five to 69 locations. In December 2009, Manhattan Prep was acquired by testing giant Kaplan, Inc. Yang left his role at the helm of Manhattan Prep in early 2012. In 2011, Yang went out and created a new nonprofit program called Venture for America, which has the mission “”to create economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs.” VFA took the top college graduates in the U.S. and gave them two-year fellowships with startups in developing cities across the U.S.  instead of those graduates being recruited into the same boring, unfulfilling corporate jobs in the same big cities. He launched VFA with $200,000 and trained 40 graduates in 2012 and 69 in 2013 in jobs in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Providence, Rhode Island, home of his alma mater Brown University. In 2014, VFA had 106 new graduates in its program and added Columbus, Miami, St. Louis, and San Antonio. In 2017, VFA was in about 20 cities including Atlanta,  Denver, and Nashville, among others. In March 2017, Yang stepped down from his position as CEO of VFA to focus on his presidential campaign. Andrew Yang wrote the books “Smart People Should Build Things: How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement,” “Build a Path for Entrepreneurs,” and “Create New Jobs in America and The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future.” Political Career: Yang announced he was running for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 U.S. presidential election in 2017. One of his best-known policies is the Freedom Dividend, which would provide every American over 18 with $1,000 a month in universal basic income. Yang’s campaign has largely focused on responding to the rapid development of automation, which is increasingly leading to challenges in the workforce and economic instability. Yang’s campaign is known for its heavy reliance on Internet-based campaigning. The campaign is known for its popularity online, with The New York Times calling Yang “The Internet’s Favorite Candidate.”  His campaign supporters, known informally as the Yang Gang, have brought attention to his campaign on Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms. He has also become known for his campaign slogans, including “Humanity First,” “Not Left, Not Right, Forward,” and “Make America Think Harder” (“MATH”). He has been endorsed by a number of people including Tesla and SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, Zappos founder Tony Hseih, actor Donald Glover, actress Teri Hatcher, actor and doctor Ken Jeong, and comedian Dave Chappelle. Yang has received campaign donations from Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, actors Nicolas Cage and Noah Centineo, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, and Internet personality Ryan Higa. In an August 2020 interview with CNN, Yang called Donald Trump’s attempt to delay the presidential election another distraction from his disastrous handling of COVID-19. Yang recounted the stat that 72% of Americans feel they are living in the worst time of their lives, which do not bode well for Trump’s chances, according to Yang. Personal Life: Andrew Yang married Evelyn Lu in 2011. They have two sons, one of whom is autistic. Yang attends the Reformed Church of New Paltz. He considers himself spiritual and has said that his journey is still in progress. In an interview with The Hill, Yang said that his favorite president is Theodore Roosevelt and that he is the godfather of Roosevelt’s great-granddaughter.

Hillary Clinton net worth: Hillary Clinton is an American politician, author and media personality who has a net worth of $120 million. That is a combined net worth with her husband, the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton. Hillary served as First Lady of the United States of America from 1993 to 2001. She also served as a United States Senator for the state of New York from 2001 to 2009, and was the Secretary of State under the 44th President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. Clinton Income History When they left the White House, the Clintons were technically millions of dollars in debt due to Bill’s legal expenditures and sexual harassment settlement payments. In the decades after leaving the White House, Bill and Hillary would go on to earn more than $250 million from speaking engagements, book advances/royalties, consulting engagements and investment income. Before landing in the White House, Bill Clinton never earned more than $35,000 per year in salary as Attorney General and Governor of Arkansas. At the time Hillary was the bread-winner, bringing home around $110,000 in base salary when he was a partner at a Little Rock law firm. In the late 80s and early 90s before entering the White House she also typically earned around $60,000 per year from corporate board fees for total income of around $180,000. During the first few years of Bill’s Presidency, Hillary’s income went to zero while he earned around $200,000 in base Presidential salary. Their income jumped to $1 million 1996 thanks to royalties from the release of Hillary’s book “It Takes A Village”. She would later earn tens of millions more from royalties and advances thanks to her additional best selling books “Living History” (2003), “Hard Choices” (2014) and “What Happened” (2017). Bill and Hillary Clinton Annual Income Year Gross Income 1991 $200,000 1992 $290,000 1993 $293,000 1994 $263,000 1995 $316,000 1996 $1,065,000 1997 $569,000 1998 $569,000 1999 $504,000 2000 $416,000 2001 $16,000,000 2002 $9,000,000 2003 $8,000,000 2004 $20,000,000 2005 $18,000,000 2006 $16,000,000 2007 $21,000,000 2008 $5,000,000 2009 $10,000,000 2010 $13,000,000 2011 $15,000,000 2012 $20,000,000 2013 $27,000,000 2014 $28,000,000 2015 $11,000,000 Total: $241,485,000 The vast majority of their earnings since 2001 has been from speaking engagement though they have earned at least $30 million from book advances. In 2001 Bill earned $15 million for a book advance. Years later Hillary would a $14 million book advance. Bill’s $15 million advance is the largest book advance of all time. If one assumes they earned at least $10 million in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, they’ve earned roughly $280 million since leaving the White House. Early life Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26th 1947. She is the oldest of three siblings. During high school, she was involved in the student council and school newspaper, and was selected for the National Honor Society. She was elected class vice president during her junior year of high school. Senior year, she was voted “most likely to succeed,” and graduated in the top 5% of her class in 1965. Clinton then enrolled as a political science major at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. In 1969, she graduated with departmental honors and entered Yale Law School, where she was a part of the editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. She received her law degree in 1973. Career Following Bill Clinton’s election as governor of Arkansas, Clinton became the state first lady in January 1979. She held that title for a total of 12 years (from 1979 to 1981, and then again from 1983 to 1992). Bill Clinton appointed Clinton as the chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee, and in the role, she secured federal funds that expanded medical facilities in Arkansas’s most impoverished areas without affecting doctors’ fees. In 1979, Clinton also became the first woman to be make full partner at Rose Law Firm, which is headquartered in Little Rock. (It was not until the Clintons entered the White House, that Bill Clinton began making a higher salary than Clinton.) In 1990, when Bill Clinton was considering not running again for governor, Clinton thought about running herself. In the end, he decided to run and was re-elected for his final term. Clinton became First Lady of the United States in January 1993. She broke a great deal of norms that had been set by first ladies before her—she was the first to have a postgraduate degree and her own professional career prior to entering the White House. Not to mention, she was also the first president’s wife to have an office in the West Wing, in addition to the usual first lady offices in the East Wing. After moving to the state of New York, Clinton was elected to the United States Senate in 2000. Again, Clinton broke societal norms by being the first former first lady to run for public office and the first female senator to represent the state of New York. In 2006, Senator Clinton was re-elected by a wide margin. Continuing with her political momentum, Clinton ran for president in 2008. She was one of the leading Democratic candidates in the race, but lost out on the Democratic Party nomination to Barack Obama. On November 20, 2008, Clinton joined Obama’s Cabinet as Secretary of State. On April 12, 2015, Clinton announced her second run for presidency, and was formally nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016. This nomination made her the first woman to ever be nominated for president by a major political party. Clinton selected Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate, and ultimately lost the general election to Donald Trump later than year. (She is the fifth presidential candidate in United States history to win the popular vote, but lose the election due to the electoral college.) Clinton has co-authored and authored several books over the years, including memoirs Living History (2003), Hard Choices (2014) and What Happened (2017). Secretary of State Salary: When she was Secretary of State, Hillary earned $186,000 per year. That made her the fourth highest paid government official in the United States behind the President ($400,000), the Vice President ($225,551) and Secretary of Treasury ($191,300). Personal life Clinton began dating her now-husband and fellow law student Bill Clinton in the spring of 1971. Shortly after she graduated from Yale Law School in 1973, Bill proposed. Clinton declined, but eventually agreed to marry him after they purchased a house together in Fayetteville, Arkansas two years later. The couple tied the knot in their living room on October 11, 1975, during a Methodist ceremony. (Clinton has been a part of the United Methodist Church her entire life.) Clinton gave birth to the couple’s only child, Chelsea Victoria Clinton, on February 27, 1980. Notable Salaries Often addressing Wall Street firms or business conventions, Clinton earns between $200,000–$225,000 per speaking engagement. Over a 15-month span that concluded in March 2015, Clinton earned more than $11 million from her speeches alone. Between 2007 and 2014, the Clintons collectively earned nearly $141 million. During this time, they paid about $56 million in federal and state taxes, and also donated approximately $15 million to charity. Controversy In March 2015, the State Department’s inspector general revealed that Clinton had used personal email accounts on a non-government, privately maintained server exclusively, rather than email accounts maintained on federal government servers, while conducting official business during her tenure as the Secretary of State. The State Department’s internal review into 33,000 emails that Clinton had turned over concluded in September 2019. The review found 588 violations of security procedures and found that Clinton’s use of personal email server increased the risk of compromising State Department information. The investigation established that there was “no persuasive evidence of systemic, deliberate mishandling of classified information.”

Bernie Sanders net worth 2020: Bernie Sanders is an American politician who has a net worth of $3 million dollars. Sanders has been a United States Senator representing Vermont since 2007. He has also undertaken a number of Presidential campaigns.  Income: According to his 2015 financial disclosure, Bernie and his wife had $750,000 worth of assets at that time and up to that point they typically earned $250-$300,000 per year in total income. Bernie’s income started to soar after he published the book “Our Revolution” in 2016. Bernie earned a little over $1 million in 2016 and $1.1 million in 2017. In each of those years, roughly $800,000 of the couple’s earnings came from book advances and royalties. He and his wife Jane had a combined adjusted gross income of $561,000 in 2018 after his book earnings dropped to $393,000 for the period. Between 1981 and 1989 he earned $33,700 per year as the mayor of Burlington, Vermont. As a US Congressman between 1990 and 2005, Bernie earned between $90,000 and $140,000. As a US Senator, he earns $174,000 per year in salary, beginning in 2005.  In June 2017 Bernie estimated his net worth to be $2 million after taking into account mortgages and retirement accounts.  As part of his 2020 Presidential campaign, Bernie released tax returns dating back to 2010. Here is how much Bernie and Jane Sanders earned combined: 2009 – $314,742 2010 – $321,592 2011 – $324,870 2012 – $280,954 2013 – $279,724 2014 – $205,617 2015 – $240,610 2016 – $1,062,626 2017 – $1,150,891 2018 – $561,293 Total = $4,742,919 Early Life: Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York City on September 8, 1941. His father Elias worked as a paint salesman after he immigrated to the U.S. in 1921 from Austria-Hungary. His mother Dorothy was born in NYC. Growing up in Midwood Brooklyn, Sanders was raised in the Jewish faith. He attended James Madison High School, where he was captain of the track team. He ran for student body presidency but finished last. Bernie lost both of his parents young, with his mother dying just after he graduated high school at the age of 46, and losing his father just a few years later. Sanders went to Brooklyn College before transferring to the University of Chicago and graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1964.  Sanders was heavily involved in political activism during his time in Chicago. He joined the Young People’s Socialist League and was active in movements for racial equality. He participated in numerous rallies and sit-ins to protest his university’s segregated campus housing policy. In March 1963, he traveled to Washington to see Martin Luther King, Jr. give his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech. Sanders was also actively involved in antiwar and peace movements throughout college.  Early Career: Sanders returned to NYC after he graduated college and held a wide variety of various jobs before moving to Stannard, Vermont in 1968, and continued odd jobs including writing articles for alt publication The Vermont Freeman. In 1972, his political career began when he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberty Union candidate for Vermont governor and as a candidate for U.S. senator in 1972 and 1974. He finished third in 1974. He finally scored political gains by running for Mayor of Burlington, Vermont and winning by just twelve votes. Bernie served as mayor from 1981 to 1989, (re-elected three times) and became known for his self-described Socialist views and outspoken nature.  U.S. House of Representatives: The political underdog seemed an unlikely candidate for national office, but clinched a 1990 seat as an independent in the U.S. House of Representatives. In his early days in the House, he alienated colleagues with his outspoken criticism of both parties. He admonished politicians who were on the side of the wealthy versus the average or poor American and famously voted and advocated for banking reform. Bernie was a vehement opposer of 2001’s Patriot Act and the war in Iraq. Rolling Stone called Sanders the “amendment king” in 2005, citing his ability to get more amendments passed than any other congressman since 1995. Sanders served as a representative for sixteen years, from 1991 until he became a senator in 2007.  Senate: On April 21, 2005, Sanders entered the race for the U.S. Senate when Jim Jeffords announced he was not seeking reelection. Sanders had the support and endorsement of both Chuck Schumer and then-senator Barack Obama, as well as the support of Howard Dean and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. He defeated Rich Tarrant, who had spent $7 million of his own wealth on his campaign, by a large margin, and went on to be re-elected with 70% of the vote in 2012 and 2018. As a Sentator Bernie has sponsored many important bills that have become law, such as the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013. He voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program, otherwise known as The Wall Street Bailout in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, Sanders famously held an 8-hour filibuster against George Bush’s Tax Relief act of 2010, which consisted of major proposed tax cuts for the wealthy. In 2010, he supported the DREAM Act, which aimed to provide a path to citizenship for undocumented minors who immigrated into the U.S.  Notoriously a defender of healthcare for all, he successfully added a provision to the Affordable Care Act to provide $11 billion to rural community health centers in 2009. In response to the House’s vote to repeal and replace the ACA in 2017, he co-sponsored the Medicare for All bill, a single-payer health care plan, along with 15 other Senate co-sponsors. Bernie has also been vigilant in introducing and sponsoring bills that support a living wage and a hike in the minimum wage. He is consistently liberal on social issues such as LGBTQ rights, is pro-choice, anti-death penalty, and considers himself a feminist. He has been vocal and open about his opposition and criticism of the Trump administration.  Presidential Campaigns: On April 30, 2015, Bernie announced his intention to seek the Presidential nomination for the Democratic Party for the 2016 election. During his primary race, Sanders relied almost solely on grassroots and small individual donations rather than Super PACs, and unprecedented move that ended up breaking the fundraising record for most contributions at a certain point in his campaign. In February 2016, it was reported that he had received $3.7 million contributions from 1.3 million contributors. By March of that year, the campaign had raised over $96 million. Ultimately, Hilary Clinton won the nomination, and Sanders formally endorsed her on July 12, 2016.  No longer considered an underdog, in February 2019, Sanders announced that he would be running for president again in 2020. The campaign employed the same grassroots funding attempts, along with social media as a key tool in organizing efforts. The campaign recruited over one million volunteers within weeks of his announcement. On February 11, 2020, Sanders claimed victory at the New Hampshire primary.  Personal Life: Sanders was married to college sweetheart Deborah Shiling from 1964 to 1966. He has one biological child, Levi (b.1969) with Susan Mott. In 1988, Sanders married Jean O’Meara Driscoll. He is stepfather to Jean’s three children, Dave, Carina, and Heather. He has seven grandchildren. He has written six books, including a published speech of his famous filibuster.  Real Estate: Bernie and Jane Sanders own three homes. In 2009 they bought what is now their primary home, a 4-bedroom property in Chittenden County Vermont, for $405,000. They took out a $324,000 mortgage from Congressional Federal Credit Union for the purchase. According to Zillow their home is 2,300 square-feet with four bedrooms and is currently valued at around $440,000. In 2007 they bought a townhouse in Washington D.C. for $488,999. Zillow estimates that this home is worth $685,000, though recent similar homes have sold for $800,000 or more. In 2016 they bought a vacation home on Lake Champlain in Vermont for $575,000. The property had been previously listed for $775,000. It’s a two-story log cabin-style home covering 1.1 acres.

Pete Buttigieg net worth: Pete Buttigieg is an American politician who has a net worth of $250 thousand. He is running for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination. Early Life: Pete Buttigieg was born in South Bend, Indiana on January 19, 1982. He is the only child of Joseph and Jennifer Anne Buttigieg. His father is from Malta and studied to be a Jesuit priest before emigrating to the U.S.  to become a professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. His father was a professor at Notre Dame for 29 years. His mother’s family has lived in Indiana for generations. Buttigieg attended St. Joseph High School in South Bend where he was valedictorian of the class of 2000. During his senior year, he won first prize in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s Profiles in Courage essay contest. His essay was about the integrity and political courage of then U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders of Vermont. He was one of only two independent politicians in Congress. Buttigieg traveled to Boston to accept the award and met members of the Kennedy family including Caroline Kennedy. Buttigieg attended Harvard University where he majored in history and literature. He was president of the Student Advisory Committee of the Harvard Institute of Politics. He worked on the institute’s annual study of youth attitudes on politics. His undergraduate thesis, titled The Quiet American’s Errand into the Wilderness, was on the influence of puritanism on U.S. foreign policy as reflected in the novel The Quiet American by Graham Greene. Buttigieg graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 2004 and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Buttigieg worked as an investigative intern at WMAQ, Chicago’s NBC News affiliate while in college. He also interned for a number of Democratic campaigns from 2002 to 2006 including Jill Long Thompson’s unsuccessful 2002 congressional bid, John Kerry’s unsuccessful 2004 presidential campaign, and Joe Donnelly’s successful 2006 congressional campaign. In 2007, he received a B.A with first-class honors in philosophy, politics, and economics from Pembroke College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he was the editor of the Oxford International Review as well as co-founder and member of the Democratic Renaissance Project, a debate and discussion group of Oxford students. Career: Buttigieg worked as a conference director of The Cohen Group from 2004 to 2005. After earning his Oxford degree, he took a job as a consultant at the Chicago office of McKinsey & Company. He worked on energy, retail, economic development, and logistics for three years. His clients at McKinsey included Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Best Buy, as well as several government agencies including the EPA, Energy Department, Defense Department, and Postal Service. Buttigieg took a leave from McKinsey to become a research director for Jill Long Thompson’s unsuccessful campaign for governor of Indiana. He left McKinsey in 2010 to focus full time on his campaign for Indiana State Treasurer. Buttigieg has also worked with the Truman National Security Project since 2005 as a fellow with expertise in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was named to the organization’s Board of Advisors in 2014.  Military Career: In September 2009, Buttigieg joined the U.S. Navy Reserve through the direct commission officer program. He was sworn in as an ensign in naval intelligence. In 2014, he took a seven-month leave as Mayor of South Bend to deploy to Afghanistan. He was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks. He also worked as an armed driver for his commander on more than 100 trips from Bagram Air Base to Kabul. While serving in Afghanistan he learned some Dari, a dialect of the Persian language spoken by locals in the region. Buttigieg was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2017. Political Career: Buttigieg unsuccessfully ran for State Treasurer of Indiana in 2010. Buttigieg became the 32nd Mayor of South Bend in January 2012. He took office in January 2012 at age 29, becoming the second-youngest mayor in South Bend history—and the youngest mayor of a U.S. city with at least 100,000 residents. In November 2015, he was elected to his second term as mayor with over 80% of the vote. In December 2018, Buttigieg announced that he would not seek a third term as mayor of South Bend. Buttigieg is a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election. If nominated, he would become the first openly LGBT president of the United States. He supports universal healthcare, universal background checks for firearms purchases, labor unions, federal legislation banning discrimination against LGBT people, protecting the environment by addressing climate change, and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Personal Life: Pete Buttigieg came out as gay in a June 2015 piece in the South Bend Tribune. He became Indiana’s first openly gay elected official as well as the first one to come out while in office, and the highest elected official to come out in Indiana. Buttigieg is also the first openly gay Democratic presidential candidate. On June 16, 2018, Buttigieg married Chasten Glezman, a junior high school teacher. They had been dating since August 2015 after meeting on the dating app Hinge. They got engaged in December 2017. They married in a private ceremony at the cathedral of St. James in South Bend. Chasten took his husband’s name. Buttigieg taught himself to speak some Norwegian and also has some knowledge of Spanish, Italian, French, Maltese, Arabic, Dari, and Persian, as well as his native English. Salary Highlights: As Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg earned a salary of $149,000. According to a financial disclosure released in May 2019, Pete Buttigieg earned $75,000 as an advance for his book.  The filing also showed that Pete and his husband own as much as $50,000 worth of Apple stock and as much as $15,000 in Google stock. Finally, Pete disclosed that he has somewhere in the range of $100,000 and $350,000 worth of student loan debt that is due over the next 25 years. Real Estate: In 2009, a 27-year-old Pete paid $125,000 for a home in South Bend, Indiana. He bought the home out of foreclosure. The home has roughly doubled in value since his purchase. It’s a 2,500 square-foot home with four bedrooms.