Robert John Duffy was born on the 21st August 1954, in Rochester, New York State USA, and is a politician of the Democratic Party. He was vice governor of the state of New York under Governor Andrew Cuomo from January 2011 to January 2015, and prior to that, he held the position of mayor of his hometown, Rochester from 2006 to 2010. Since 2014, he has been working as the President and CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance.
How much is the net worth of Robert Duffy? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $135 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017, earned during a working career which began in the mid-1970s.
Robert Duffy Net Worth $135 Million
To begin with, Duffy was raised in Rochester, and was educated at Holy Rosary Catholic grammar school, and his education continued intermittently – in 1972, he matriculated from the Catholic school Aquinas Institute; earned two associate degrees at Monroe Community College; in 1993 graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology earning a Bachelor’s degree; in 1998, he earned his Master’s degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Concerning his professional career, he had been working for the police in his city since 1976. There he was promoted to become a captain, and eventually in 1998, he was appointed the head of the city police department. In 2005, the former mayor of Rochester, William A. Johnson Jr., announced that he would not stand for election again and retire, and Duffy then declared his candidacy for this post. After winning the election, he took it at the beginning of 2006. In the run-up to the governor’s elections in 2010, he was selected as the running mate by the Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo for the highest office in New York. Robert Duffy was nominated by the Democrats and elected as vice governor of New York at the end of 2010 – the duo was able to get through with 62% of the votes. On the 1st January 2011, Duffy was sworn in as vice governor. In May 2014, Duffy informed the public that he would not be available again as a running mate of Andrew Cuomo because of health reasons during the 2014 governor elections. So since 2014, Duffy has served as the CEO and President of the Rochester Business Alliance.
To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the overall size of Robert Duffy’s net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of Duffy, he married Barbara in 1986, and they have two daughters. Talking about hobbies, Robert is hooked on running. He has participated in the New York City Marathon, and has completed the whole distance.
