The Net Worth Of The American Presidents: Washington To Obama

President (Term)	Estimated Net Worth	Historical Points of Interest
34th Dwight David Eisenhower (1953-1961)	$ 8 million	Eisenhower had no inherited wealth. He served the majority of his career in the military and five years as president of Columbia. Ike owned a large farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
35th John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963)	Although he never inherited his father’s fortune, the Kennedy family estate was worth nearly $1 billion dollars.	Born into great wealth, Kennedy’s wife was oil heiress. His Father was one of the wealthiest men in America, and was the first chairman of the SEC. Almost all of JFK’s income and property came from trust shared with other family members.
36th Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)	$98 Million	Johnson’s father lost all of the family’s money when LBJ was a boy. Over time, he accumulated 1,500 acres in Blanco County, Texas, which included his home, called the “Texas White House.” He and his wife owned a radio and television station in Austin, TX, and had a variety of other moderate holdings, including livestock and private aircraft.
37th Richard Milhous Nixon (1969-1974)	$15 million	Nixon was born without any inheritance, and was a public servant for most of his life including a term as a Senator from California. “Tricky Dick” made significant sums from series of interviews with David Frost and book advances. He sold his New York townhouse to the Syrian ambassador to the U.S. and purchased a large home in Saddle River, NJ. At various times, Nixon also owned real estate in California and Florida.
38th Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1974-1977)	$7 million	Ford had no inheritance, and he spent virtually his entire adult life in public service. Over the course of his lifetime, he owned properties in Michigan, Rancho Mirage, and Beaver Creek, Colorado. After he left the White House in 1976, he made nearly $1 million a year from book advances and from serving on the boards of several prominent American companies.
39th James Earl Carter, 1977-1981	$7 million	Carter was the son of a prominent Georgia businessman. He was a peanut farmer for almost two decades. Carter left office deeply in debt, but made substantial sums from writing 14 books. Part of a family partnership that owns 2,500 acres in Georgia.
40th Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-89 (Republican)	$13 million	Reagan had no inheritance, but his first wife, an actress, had her own money. He was a movie and television actor for over two decades. “The Gipper” owned several pieces of real estate over his lifetime, including 688-acre property near Santa Barbara, California. Reagan was highly paid for his autobiography and as a GE spokesman.
41st George Herbert Walker Bush (1989-1993)	$23 million	Bush was the son of Prescott Bush, a Connecticut Senator and successful businessman. Aided by his friends in the financial community, he made a number of successful investments. One of his major assets is his home and 100+ acre estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.
42nd William Jefferson Clinton (1993- 2001)	$55 million	Unlike many presidents, Bill Clinton did not come from a wealthy family, nor did he have lucrative employment before his presidency. But since leaving office we estimate that Clinton has earned more than $125 million before taxes, with the vast majority of that coming from speaking fees. Clinton’s net worth was reduced in 2008 when his wife, Hillary Clinton, wrote off more than $13 million she loaned her campaign for her own presidential bid. Her campaign debt, once over $25 million, was just retired in January.
43rd George W. Bush (2001-2008)	$35 million	Born into a wealthy family, George W. Bush netted millions in the oil business. He also made a good deal of money on his investment in the Texas Rangers — approximately $15 million — when the baseball team was sold in 1998. He has continued to increase his wealth since leaving office. We estimate that President Bush has made nearly $26 million in speaking fees since leaving the White House. In addition, Bush received a $7 million advance for his memoir “Decision Points,” published in 2010. In 2009, the former president and his wife purchased an 8,500 square foot house in the upscale Dallas neighborhood of Preston Hollow, now worth approximately $2.6 million according to housing Web site Zillow.
44th Barack Hussein Obama (2008-present)	$7 million	Barack Obama receives a salary of $400,000 a year as the current president. Most of the president’s additional income comes from his book proceeds, namely “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams from My Father.” Obama’s income has actually dropped steadily since he has entered office. In 2009, the president earned $3.3 million in income after taxes. That figure fell to just $629,674 in 2011. The president owns a house in Chicago valued at about $1.8 million. However, as of 2011, the president had a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with an outstanding balance of between $500,000 and $1 million.