Bill Clinton net worth: how much is America's 42nd president and the most active former president in American history worth? Old Bill may be a staunch democrat at heart, but he is also quite the business person.
Bill Clinton is ranked as one of the top ten richest presidents in American history. This is according to 24/7 Wallstreet which has been tracking American presidents' net worth since 2010. The Bill Clinton net worth figure stands at an impressive $55 million. This figure is the combined gross of book earnings, speeches and talks and special appearances after the former president left the oval office.
Bill was president from 1993 to 2001. Before that he was a governor for Arkansas, earning a yearly salary of $35,000 together with multiple benefits such as speaking fees, honorariums and income that is in kind such as living in the governor's residence. Right before his stint at the presidency, his wife Rodham Clinton was the breadwinner of the family. Hillary, then a lawyer and senior partner at the Rose Law Firm of Little Rock, was earning a salary of $92,000 yearly.
On becoming the most powerful man on the planet, Bill's financial fortunes shot upwards. However, they did not last long as he reportedly left the presidency while in debt. According to an interview the former president had with David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press, the former president stated, "I think I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office." So where did the $55 million from Bill Clinton's net worth come from?
Bill has earned a tidy sum from his public speaking in the years after his presidency. According to Wallstreet 24/7, Clinton earned $100 million in speeches given from 2001 to 2013. He reportedly rakes in $100,000 a speech. His wife Hillary does $200,000 a speech. In 2005, Bill earned $15 million as an advance on his book 'My Life' and in 2011, he earned $750,000 alone to speak for Sony Ericsson in Hong Kong. These crazy figures have all contributed to the Bill Clinton net worth.
