Hillary Clinton’s Net Worth and Journey Beyond Politics and Power

Clinton often speaks at Wall Street firms or business conventions, earning between $200,000 and $225,000 per engagement.

In a 15-month period ending in March 2015, she earned over $11 million from her speeches alone.

From 2007 to 2014, the Clintons earned nearly $141 million together.

During this time, they paid about $56 million in federal and state taxes and donated approximately $15 million to charity.

Biography

Hillary Clinton, born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, is the oldest of three siblings.

During high school, she joined the student council and school newspaper and earned selection into the National Honor Society.

She became class vice president in her junior year and was voted “most likely to succeed” in her senior year. Clinton graduated in the top 5% of her class in 1965.

Clinton then majored in political science at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She graduated with departmental honors in 1969 and entered Yale Law School.

At Yale, she was on the editorial board of the “Yale Review of Law and Social Action.” She earned her law degree in 1973.

Personal Life

Hillary began dating fellow law student Bill Clinton in the spring of 1971. Shortly after she graduated from Yale Law School in 1973, Bill proposed.

Hillary declined at first but agreed to marry him after they bought a house together in Fayetteville, Arkansas, two years later.

Today, this home is the Clinton House Museum.

The couple got married in their living room on October 11, 1975, during a Methodist ceremony. Hillary has been a member of the United Methodist Church her entire life.

Hillary gave birth to their only child, Chelsea Victoria Clinton, on February 27, 1980. She is now a grandmother to Chelsea’s three children.

In 2016, the Clintons bought a home in Chappaqua, New York, for $1.6 million.

Hillary Clinton’s Net Worth, Awards and Accolades

Throughout her career, Hillary Clinton has earned numerous awards and accolades. Here are some notable ones:

• Grammy Awards: She won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for “It Takes a Village” in 1997 and was nominated for “Living History” in 2004.
• National Women’s Hall of Fame: She was inducted in 2005 for her contributions to American society.
• Arkansas Woman of the Year: Named by the Arkansas Democrat in 1983.
• Honorary Doctorates: Received from various institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.
• Public Citizens of the Year: Along with Bill Clinton, named by the Arkansas chapter of the National Association of Social Workers around 1983 or 1984.
• Most Influential Lawyers in America: Listed by the National Law Journal in 1988 and 1991.