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This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes the fifty richest members of Congress as of 2018. It displays the net worth (the difference between assets and liabilities ) for the member and their immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children.
Ocasio-Cortez found a seat at the congressional table despite the fact that the median net worth of U.S. Congress members is over $1.1 million as of 2015, with a cumulative wealth of at least $2. ...
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1981–85) Member of the Select Committee on Public Education (1983) Candidate for U.S. President (1992, 1996) $4.1 billion [8] Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems: Tom Steyer: Democratic: Candidate for U.S. President (2020) $1.6 billion [9] Founder of Farallon Capital: Henry Ford
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (/ oʊ ˌ k ɑː s i oʊ k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ z / ⓘ oh-KAH-see-oh kor-TEZ, Spanish: [aleɣˈsandɾja oˈkasjo koɾˈtes]; born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist serving since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district.
The five richest members of U.S. Congress are each worth at least $200 million. California Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest, with a net worth more than 50% higher than the second richest.
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hands newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson the gavel at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, 2023.
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1]
Ocasio-Cortez said the list of prior Trump critics now currying favor with him has helped normalize Trump in American culture — making his second term “so much more dangerous” than the first.