List of richest American politicians

Last updated March 21, 2024

This list of richest American politicians includes current and former office-holders and political appointees, and is not necessarily adjusted for inflation. Estimated wealth is at least $100 million in 2012 dollars, for all the people listed here. The amounts listed here do not necessarily pertain to the politicians' time in office (i.e. some of them may have gotten much richer later on, or lost their money before they ran for office).

Presidents

Name	Party	Date(s)	Estimated wealth adjusted for inflation	Source of wealth
Donald Trump	Republican	2017–2021	$2.6 billion (2023)^[1]	Inheritance, business, real estate
George Washington	Independent	1789–1797	$525 million (2010)^[2]	Inheritance, business, marriage
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	1801–1809	$212 million (2010)^[2]	Inheritance, business
Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	1901–1909	$125 million (2010)^[2]	Inheritance
John F. Kennedy	Democratic	1961–1963	$124 million (2007)^[3]	Inheritance
Andrew Jackson	Democratic	1829–1837	$119 million (2010)^[2]	Marriage, business, real estate
James Madison	Democratic-Republican	1809–1817	$101 million (2010)^[2]	Inheritance, business

Unsuccessful presidential candidates

Name	Party	Position	Estimated wealth not adjusted for inflation	Notes
Vivek Ramaswamy	Republican	Candidate for U.S. President (2024)	$1 billion^[4]	Founder and CEO of Roivant Sciences and strive asset management
Michael Bloomberg	Democratic (before 2001, 2018–present) Independent (2007–2018) Republican (2001–2007)	Mayor of New York City (2002–2013) Candidate for U.S. President (2020)	$54.9 billion^[5]	Founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P.
Ross Perot	Independent (before 1995) Reform (1995–2000) Republican (2000–2019)	Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1981–85) Member of the Select Committee on Public Education (1983) Candidate for U.S. President (1992, 1996)	$4.1 billion^[6]	Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems
Tom Steyer	Democratic	Candidate for U.S. President (2020)	$1.6 billion^[7]	Founder of Farallon Capital
Henry Ford	Republican (before 1918) Democratic (after 1918)	Candidate for U.S. President (1916) Candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan (1918)	$1.2 billion^[8]	Founder of Ford Motor Company
Nelson Rockefeller	Republican	Governor of New York (1959–1973) Candidate for U.S. President (1960, 1964, 1968) Vice President of the United States (1974–77)	$1 billion^[9]	Inheritance, grandson of John D. Rockefeller
Steve Forbes	Republican	Member of the Board for International Broadcasting (1985–1993) Candidate for U.S. President (1996, 2000)	$430 million^[10]	Editor, publisher
Kanye West	Independent Birthday Party^[11]	Candidate for U.S. President (2020)	$1.7 billion^[12]	Founder of GOOD Music, CEO of DONDA, rapper, fashion designer
John Delaney	Democrat	U.S. Representative from Maryland (2013–2019) Candidate for U.S. President (2020)	$230 million^[13]	Entrepreneur, co-founder of Health Care Financial Partners and CapitolSource
John Kerry	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1985–2013) Democratic nominee for U.S. President (2004) Secretary of State (2013–2017)	$200 million^[14]	Marriage to Teresa Heinz, the widow of John Heinz, heir to the H. J. Heinz Company
Mitt Romney	Independent (before 1993) Republican (1993–present)	Candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1994) Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) Republican nominee for U.S. President (2012) U.S. Senator from Utah (2019–present)	$190–250 million^[15]	Former CEO of Bain Capital and Bain & Company, son of Michigan Governor George W. Romney
Ted Kennedy	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009) Candidate for U.S. President (1980)	$163 million^[16]	Inherited stake in the Chicago Merchandise Mart
John Hancock	Federalist	President of the Continental Congress (1775–1777, 1785–86) Governor of Massachusetts (1780–85, 1787–93) Candidate for U.S. President (1789)	$100 million^[17]	Inherited a profitable mercantile business from his uncle
Al Gore	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Tennessee (1977–1985) U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Candidate for U.S. President (1988, 2000)	$100 million^[18]	Son of attorney and Tennessee U.S. Senator Albert Gore Sr., who owned a stake in Occidental Petroleum, book and film deals
Hillary Clinton	Democratic (1968–present)	First Lady of the United States (1993–2001) U.S. Senator from New York (2001–2009) Candidate for U.S. President (2008, 2016) Secretary of State (2009–2013)	$52–111 million^[19]	Book deals and public speaking fees from foreign/domestic sources
James M. Cox	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Ohio (1909–1913) Governor of Ohio (1913–15, 1917–21) Democratic nominee for U.S. President (1920)	$40 million (D. 1950)^[20]	Founded a chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises
Samuel J. Tilden	Democratic	Chair of the New York Democratic Party (1866–1874) Governor of New York (1875–1876) Democratic nominee for U.S. President (1876)	$8.5 million (D. 1886)^[21]	Law practice, investments, and inheritance of Tilden's Extract

Other U.S. politicians

Name	Party	Position	Net worth	Source (Notes)
Walter J. Kohler Jr.	Republican	Governor of Wisconsin (1951–1957) Candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1957)	$8.8 billion^[22]	Owner of Vollrath
Rick Caruso	Democratic	Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles (2022)	$5.3 billion^[23]	Owner-founder of Caruso
J. B. Pritzker	Democratic	Governor of Illinois (2019–incumbent)	$3.5 billion^[24]	Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain
Penny Pritzker	Democratic	Secretary of Commerce (2013–2017) Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery (2023–incumbent)	$2.5 billion^[25]	Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain
Bill Haslam	Republican	Mayor of Knoxville (2003–2011) Governor of Tennessee (2011–2019)	$2 billion^[26]	Son of Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot Corporation, and former CEO of the e-commerce and catalog division of Saks Fifth Avenue
Mark Dayton	Democratic	Auditor of Minnesota (1991–1995) U.S. Senator from Minnesota (2001–2007) Governor of Minnesota (2011–2019)	$1.6 billion	Great-grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Target ^[27]
Betsy DeVos	Republican	Chair of the Michigan Republican Party (1996–2000; 2003–2005) Secretary of Education (2017–2021)	$1.25 billion^[28]	Daughter of Edgar Prince, founder of Prince Corporation; daughter-in-law of Richard DeVos, co-founder of Amway; sister of Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater
Jim Justice	Republican (before 2015, 2017–present) Democratic (2015–2017)	Governor of West Virginia (2017–incumbent)	$1.2 billion^[29]	Inherited ownership of Bluestone Industries and Bluestone Coal Corporation, founder of Bluestone Farms. Owner of 70 active mines in 5 states as of 2014
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller	Republican	Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (1996–2006)	1.2 billion^[30]^[31]^[32]	Member of the Rockefeller Family
Doug Burgum	Republican	Governor of North Dakota (2017–incumbent)	$1.1 billion^[33]	Founded and Sold Great Plains Software to Microsoft
Richard C. Blum	Democratic	First gentleman of San Francisco (1980–1988) Regent of the University of California (2002–2022)	$1 billion^[34]	President of Blum Capital
Linda McMahon	Republican	Candidate for U.S. Senate from Connecticut (2010; 2012) Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017–2019)	$938 million–1.1 billion^[35]	Married to Vince McMahon, who inherited the professional wrestling business founded by his grandfather, Jess McMahon, now known as WWE
Herb Kohl	Democrat	U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1989–2012)	$630 million–1.5 billion^[36]	Inheritance, son of Max Kohl, founder of Kohl's; former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA
C. S. Mott	Republican	Mayor of Flint, Michigan (1912–1914; 1918–1919)	$800 million	Co-founder of General Motors
Wilbur Ross	Republican	Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021)	$600 million^[37]	Founder of private equity firm WL Ross & Co
Kelly Loeffler	Republican	U.S. Senator from Georgia (2020–2021)	$500 million+^[38]	Married to Jeffrey Sprecher, founder and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange
Jane Harman	Democratic	United States Representative (1993–1999; 2001–2011)	$500 million^{[ citation needed ]}	Inheritance, home and car audio manufacturing corporation
Bruce Rauner	Republican	Governor of Illinois (2015–2019)	$500 million+	Chairman of GTCR
Amo Houghton	Republican	U.S. Representative from New York (1987–2005)	$475 million^[39]	Former CEO and descendant of the founder of Corning Glass Works
Glenn Youngkin	Republican	Governor of Virginia (2022–incumbent)	$470 million^[40]	Former CEO of The Carlyle Group
Jared Polis	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Colorado (2009–2019) Governor of Colorado (2019–incumbent)	$388 million^[41]	Founder of ProFlowers
Phil Bredesen	Democratic	Mayor of Nashville (1993–1999) Governor of Tennessee (2003—2011)	Up to $358 million	Founder of HealthAmerica Corporation
Rex Tillerson	Republican	Secretary of State (2017–2018)	$325 million^[28]	Former CEO of ExxonMobil
Greg Gianforte	Republican	U.S. Representative from Montana (2017–2021) Governor of Montana (2021–incumbent)	$315 million^[42]	Founder of RightNow Technologies
Gina Raimondo	Democratic	General Treasurer of Rhode Island (2011–2015) Governor of Rhode Island (2015–2021) Secretary of Commerce (2021–incumbent)	$300 million^[39]	Founder of Judith Point Capital, venture capitalist, and fund development executive
Jon Corzine	Democratic	U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2001–2006) Governor of New Jersey (2006–2010)	$300 million^[39]	Former CEO of Goldman Sachs
Terry Kohler	Republican	Candidate for Governor of Wisconsin (1982)	$300 million^[43]	Member of the Kohler Family
Steven Mnuchin	Republican	Secretary of the Treasury (2017–2021)	$300 million^[28]	Former executive of Goldman Sachs
Michael McCaul	Republican	U.S. Representative from Texas (2005–incumbent)	$294 million^[14]	Son-in-law of Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications
Rick Scott	Republican	Governor of Florida (2011–2019) U.S. Senator from Florida (2019–incumbent)	$255 million^[44]	Founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation
Mark Warner	Democratic	Chair of the Virginia Democratic Party (1993–1995) Candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia (1996) Governor of Virginia (2002–2006) U.S. Senator from Virginia (2009–incumbent)	$243 million^[45]	Early investor in Nextel Communications
Dan Goldman	Democratic	Candidate for Attorney General of New York (2022) U.S. Representative from New York (2023–incumbent)	$253 million^[46]	Heir to the Levi's fortune
Darrell Issa	Republican	Candidate for U.S. Senate from California (1998) U.S. Representative from California (2001–2019; 2021–incumbent) Nominee for Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (2019)	$220 million^[14]	Founder of Directed Electronics
Rick Snyder	Republican	Governor of Michigan (2011–2018)	$220 million	Business, venture capital/investment
Trudy Busch Valentine	Democratic	Candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri (2022)	$215 million^[47]	Daughter of Gussie Busch
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.	Democratic	Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1934–1935) Chair of the Maritime Commission (1937–1938) U.S. Ambassador to the UK (1938–1940)	$200–400 million^[48]	Stock investor, real estate investor, executive at Bethlehem Steel, organizer of RKO, financier of Hollywood films, owner of the distribution rights to Scotch whiskey in the United States, owner of Merchandise Mart, and President of Columbia Trust Bank
Oveta Culp Hobby	Democratic (before 1953) Republican (after 1953)	Administrator of the Federal Security Agency (1953) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953–1955)	$200 million^[49]	Owner of the Houston Post
Carl Paladino	Democratic (before 2005) Republican (2005–present)	Candidate for Governor of New York (2010) Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York (2022)	$150 million^[50]	Retail real estate developer
Ralph K. Davies	Democratic	Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for War (1942–1946)	$127 million	Chairman of American President Lines Standard Oil executive
Bernie Moreno	Republican	Candidate for Senator from Ohio (2022) Republican nominee for Senator from Ohio	$105.7 million^[51]	Car dealerships, blockchain investments
Mehmet Oz	Republican	Candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2022)	$100–$500 million	Reality television personality
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	Governor of California (2003–2011)	$100–$200 million^[52]	Real estate, acting

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