List of richest American politicians
Other U.S. politicians

List of richest American politicians

Section Title: Other U.S. politicians
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Name	Party	Position	Date(s)	Estimated wealth (not adjusted for inflation)	Notes

Michael Bloomberg	Democratic	Mayor of New York City	2002–2013	$47.5 billion	Founder of Bloomberg L.P., Republican then Independent while in office

David Koch	Republican	Libertarian nominee for Vice President	1980	$44.2 billion	Son of Fred Koch, founder of Koch Industries; VP of Koch Industries

J. B. Pritzker	Democratic	Governor of Illinois	2019–present	$3.5 billion	Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain

Penny Pritzker	Democratic	Secretary of Commerce	2013–2017	$2.5 billion	Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain

Wilbur Ross	Republican	Secretary of Commerce	2017–present	$2.5 billion	Serial investor

Bill Haslam	Republican	Mayor of Knoxville, Governor of Tennessee	2003–2011, 2011–2019	$2 billion	Former CEO of the e-commerce and catalog division of Saks Fifth Avenue; Son of Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot Corporation

Mark Dayton	Democratic	State Auditor of Minnesota, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Governor of Minnesota	1991–1995, 2001–2007, 2011–2019	$1.6 billion	Great grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Target

Jim Justice	Republican with a year intermission as Democratic	Governor of West Virginia	2017–present	$1.59 billion	Inheritance, coal and agriculture holdings, The Greenbrier resort

Betsy DeVos	Republican	Secretary of Education	2017–present	$1.25 billion	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 USA

Linda McMahon	Republican	Administrator of the Small Business Administration	2017–present	$938 million-1.1 billion	Married to Vince McMahon, who inherited the professional wrestling business founded by his grandfather Jess McMahon and now known as WWE

Bruce Rauner	Republican	Governor of Illinois	2015–2019	$500 million+	Chairman of GTCR

Amo Houghton	Republican	Representative from New York	1987–2005	$475 million	Great-great-grandson of Amory Houghton, Sr., founder of Corning Glass Works; Former CEO of Corning Glass Works

Jared Polis	Democratic	Representative from Colorado, Governor of Colorado	2009–2019, 2019–present	$388 million	Founder of ProFlowers

Rex Tillerson	Republican	Secretary of State	2017–2018	$325 million	Former CEO of ExxonMobil

Greg Gianforte	Republican	Representative from Montana	2017–present	$315 million	Founder of RightNow Technologies

Jon Corzine	Democratic	US Senator from New Jersey, Governor of New Jersey	2001–2006, 2006–2010	$300 million	Former CEO of Goldman Sachs

Steven Mnuchin	Republican	Secretary of the Treasury	2017–present	$300 million	Former executive of Goldman Sachs

Michael McCaul	Republican	Representative from Texas	2005–present	$294 million	Son-in-law of Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications

Rick Scott	Republican	Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator from Florida	2011–2019, 2019–present	$255 million	Founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation

Mark Warner	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Virginia, Governor of Virginia	2009–present, 2002–2006	$243 million	Co-Founder of Nextel Communications

Darrell Issa	Republican	Candidate for U.S. Senator from California, Representative from California	1998, 2001–2019	$220 million	Businessman; founder of Directed Electronics

Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.	Democratic	U.S. Ambassador to the U.K.	1938–1940	$200–400 million	Investor, banker, filmmaker

Carl Paladino	Republican	Buffalo Public Schools board of education member, Candidate for Governor of New York	2010–2017	$150 million	Retail real estate developer

Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	Governor of California	2003–2011	$100–$200 million	Real estate, acting

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J. B. Pritzker was a governor, and the third-wealthiest U.S. politician after Michael Bloomberg.

final_sentence: J. B. Pritzker was a governor, and the third-wealthiest U.S. politician after Michael Bloomberg.