It’s no secret that Hillary Rodham Clinton has three houses, one of which is in the affluent New York community of Chappaqua. It’s also well-known that Hillary and her ex-president husband, Bill racked up massive debt after leaving the White House in 2001.
The question then becomes how Hillary Clinton amassed a fortune of $120 million. Hillary’s path to the top has not been without its share of controversy and ups and downs as she has made her fortune.
Hillary Clinton Net Worth
Clinton is a politician, novelist, and media figure in the United States, and her wealth is estimated at $120 million. That’s how much she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, are worth as a couple. From 1993 to 2001, Hillary Clinton was the First Lady of the United States of America.
In addition to her time as Secretary of State under President Obama, she served as a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009.
When the Democratic Party nominated her for president in 2016, she made history as the first woman to do so from a major U.S. political party. Even though Clinton won the popular vote by a more significant margin, Trump was elected president.
Clintons Make Millions in Post-Presidential Years
Due to Bill’s legal expenses and sexual harassment settlement payments, the Clintons were theoretically millions of dollars in debt when they departed the White House.
Bill and Hillary Clinton made almost $250 million in the decades after they left the White House from various sources, including speaking fees, book advances and royalties, consultancy fees, and investment income.
Bill Clinton’s annual pay as Attorney General and Governor of Arkansas was never more than $35,000. When Hillary was a Little Rock legal firm partner, he brought home roughly $110,000 in basic compensation.
Aside from this, she earned an additional $60,000 a year on average in the late 1980s and early 1990s from company board fees, bringing her annual income up to roughly $180,000 before she entered the White House.
Bill’s first few years in office saw Hillary’s income drop to $0 while his base Presidential pay hovered around $200,000. Royalties from the publication of Hillary’s book “It Takes a Village” boosted their income to $1 million in 1996.
Later best sellers “Living History” (2003), “Hard Choices” (2014), and “What Happened” (2017) brought in tens of millions more in royalties and advances for her.
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Bill Clinton Earns Millions from Speaking Engagements
Clinton makes between $200,000 and $225,000 per speaking engagement, and he frequently addresses Wall Street corporations and corporate conventions.
Clinton made about $11 million in speaking fees between April 2014 and March 2015.
The Clintons made close to $141 million between 2007 and 2014. They contributed around $15 million to charity and paid about $56 million in federal and state taxes during this time.
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