Politicians
Dominique Strauss-kahn Net Worth
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Net Worth as of 2024
$10 Million
Dominique Gaston Andre Strauss-Kahn was born on 25 April 1949, in Neuilly-sur-Siene, France, of Jewish descent, and is a politician best known for being the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund or IMF. However, his career has proven to be controversial due to involvement in sex and financial scandals. All of his endeavors have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Dominique Strauss-Kahn? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through a career in politics. He’s also done teaching work, serving as a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and at Paris West University Nanterre La Defense. All of these achievements have ensured the position of his wealth.
Dominique Strauss-kahn Net Worth $10 million
Strauss-Kahn’s family moved from Morocco to Monaco after the 1960 earthquake, and he would attend Lycee Albert 1er. They eventually moved to Paris where he then attended the Lycee Carnot, and he later graduated from HEC Paris, the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and the Paris Institute of Statistics. He earned a degree in public law and later a PhD in aggregation at the Universite Paris X (Nanterre) in 1977. In the same year, he started lecturing at the University of Nancy-II where he would eventually become assistant professor. He then took a position at University of Nanterre, and has taught on and off since then, mainly going to teaching when he had no political responsibilities.
Later, Dominique would become involved in the Socialist Party, and would be appointed as part of the Planning Commission. In 1986, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time. Two years later, he was elected in the Val-d’Oise department before becoming the chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Finances. In 1991, he was nominated to become Junior Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade, and stayed in the position for two years until he was appointed to become chairman of the Group of Experts of the Socialist Party. In 1995, he would be elected as mayor of Sarcelles.
In 1997, he was appointed to be Minister for Economics, Finance and Industry. He implemented a wide privatization program, and the economy would benefit from his performance in the office. He was also an early proponent of reducing the working week to 35 hours. However, two years later, he was accused of being involved in two financial scandals which led to him resigning from office. He returned as a re-elected Member of Parliament in 2002, and would later create a blog that would earn him popularity. His net worth at this point was already at a high level.
In 2007, he became the consensus nominee to be head of the IMF, and was even supported by President Nicolas Sarkozky. During his time there, he was discovered to be in an affair with subordinate Piroska Nagy, and the issue led to Nagy being rendered redundant. Despite this issue, Strauss-Kahn remained in his position and issued a public apology, however, he resigned from his position in 2011 after he was arrested on allegations of sexual assault. Since then, he’s been working in banks and has also served as an advisor to several governments.
For his personal life, it is known that he married Brigitte Guillemette in 1984 which was his second marriage. He later married television journalist Anne Sinclair in 1991 – they divorced in 2013. He was then seen with new partner Myriam L’Aouffir during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. He has a total of four daughters, possibly including an alleged ‘love child’ said to have been born in 2010. Aside from these, he is known to be an avid chess player.
Politicians
Paul Begala Net Worth
Born Paul Edward Begala on the 12th May 1961, in New Jersey USA and is a politician, a member of the Democratic Party, best known to the world as an adviser to former President Bill Clinton, and he also served as a chief strategist during the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign. He has recorded numerous television appearances, in such political shows as “Crossfire” (2004-2014), “Real Time with Bill Maher” (2008-2017), and “Erin Burnett OutFront” (2012-2017), among many others.
Have you ever wondered how rich Paul Begala is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Begala’s net worth is as high as $3 million, an amount earned through his successful career in politics, which has been active since the late ‘80s
Paul Begala Net Worth $3 Million
Paul is of mixed ancestry; his mother, Margaret is Irish American, while his father, David is a Hungarian American. Although born in New Jersey, Paul grew up in Missouri Texas, since his father was stationed there as oil-field equipment salesman. He went to Dulles High School, located in Sugar Land, Texas, and after matriculation enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and then Juris Doctor degree.
Following the end of his studies, Paul commenced a political career, and worked for Robert Casey during his gubernatorial career in Pennsylvania in 1986, then the following year had success with Wallace G. Wilkinson in Kentucky, and in 1988 re-election campaign of incumbent New Jersey US Senator Frank Lautenberg.
In 1992, he teamed up with James Carville, who was also his business partner, in managing the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign that year – during Clinton’s presidency, Paul worked as his advisor and was responsible for policy, politics and communication.
Thanks to his rise in power, Paul started using his influence and could often be seen on television during the ‘90s and early 2000s. In 1992 he hosted the show “Equal Time”, then featured in the documentary “The War Room”, and in 1994 made his first appearance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”. As Clinton’s political career improved, he was more focused on running his campaigns, but since the 2000s, Paul’s focus changed and he would use his knowledge to work as a political analyst for several television networks, including MSNBC, CNN and others. Some of his most notable appearances include the show “Crossfire” (2004-2014) on CNN, then “At This Hour” (2016-2017) also on CNN, “The Colbert Report” (2006-2010) on Comedy Central, and “The Lead with Jake Tapper” (2016-2017), among many other differing appearances, which also increased his wealth.
Paul is also a recognized author, so far publishing three books on his own, “Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush” (2000), “It’s Still the Economy, Stupid: George W. Bush, The GOP’s CEO” (2002), and “Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) John McCain” (2008), the sales of which have contributed to his wealth. Furthermore, he has co-authored two books with James Carville “Buck Up, Suck Up… and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room” (2002), and “Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future” (2006), further increasing his wealth.
Regarding his personal life, Paul has been married to Diane Friday since 1989; the couple has four sons, and the Begala family resides in Virginia.
Paul is a devout Roman Catholic.
Politicians
Vern Buchanan Net Worth
Born Vernon Gale Buchanan on the 8th May 1951 in Detroit, Michigan USA, he is a businessman and politician, a member of the Republican Party, best known to the world for serving as a representative of Florida’s 16th congressional district since 2007.
Have you ever wondered how rich Vern Buchanan is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Buchanan’s net worth is as high as $44 million, an amount earned through his successful careers.
Vern Buchanan Net Worth $44 Million
Vern is of part-Finnish ancestry since his maternal grandparents immigrated from the country to the USA. He grew up in Detroit with his five siblings. After high school matriculation, Vern enlisted into the Michigan Air National Guard where he spent the next six years. However, he was also focused on his education, attending Cleary University, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He didn’t stop there as he obtained a Masters’ degree in business administration from the University of Detroit.
Before he had any political aspirations, Vern used his knowledge in business to launch a career as a businessman. Back in 1976 he teamed up with an owner of a Michigan printing company and promised him that he would help develop his business. The two started the American Speedy Printing, and in no time the company opened over 730 stores in 44 states. Unfortunately, Vern’s business acumen wasn’t all legal, and as a result the firm went bankrupt, while he himself had to pay $1.5 million to Michigan Corporation Act.
Regardless, he continued his career as he bought a Honda and Acura dealership in Ocala, Florida, developed his career as a car salesman and expanded his kingdom to two more car dealerships. He was quite successful as a car salesman until 2005, when he decided to change his focus to politics and as a result, sold the majority in his car dealerships.
Aside from having success with car dealerships, Vern also has two reinsurance companies in his ownership, Jamat Reinsurance Co., and Buchanan Reinsurance Co., and used these companies to provide extended warranty policies to his car buyers.
His political aspirations began to appear in 2006 when he ran in the 13th congressional district in Florida to replace incumbent Republican Katherine Harris. Vern was the winner of Republican primaries, defeating his Republican opponents Nancy Detert, and Tramm Hudson. And in the general elections, Vern was put up against Christine Jennings, just winning with 50.08% of the votes.
Vern was sworn in as Representative for Florida’s 13th Congressional District on 3 January 2007 and since then has been re-elected three more times quite easily, although his position changed as he became the Representative for Florida’s 16th district, as there has been a change in numbering Florida’s districts.
Regarding his personal life, Vern has been married to Sandra since 1976, with whom he has two children.
Vern is also quite active in the community; he has supported numerous nonprofit organizations, including Boys and Girls Club, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, the American Heart Walk, the Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes and many more.
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