Chelsea Clinton Net Worth (Money & Salary)

What is Chelsea Clinton’s net worth and Salary?

The daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State/Senator Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton possesses a net worth of $30 million. This figure represents a combined wealth with her husband Marc Mezvinsky, a partner at the prominent private equity firm TPG. Chelsea accrued her share of this net worth through her tenure at McKinsey & Company and various roles on corporate boards, including the online company IAC. A January 2020 SEC filing indicated that during her service on IAC’s board, Chelsea earned $9 million in compensation. Previously, she received an annual salary of $250,000 for her role on the board of Expedia.

Since childhood, Chelsea Clinton has been in the spotlight, especially during her father’s governorship in Arkansas. Having grown up in the White House, her awkward teenage phase was widely covered by global media. In contrast to the more polished daughters of Vice President Al Gore, Chelsea embodied the “everyman” first daughter image. Nevertheless, she matured significantly by the time she attended Stanford University, evolving into a sophisticated, intelligent, and politically astute woman—essentially a seasoned politician. Chelsea later earned her master’s degree from University College, Oxford, as well as a degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is involved with numerous boards, including Common Sense Media, the School of American Ballet, and, of course, the Clinton Global Initiative. During her mother’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2016, she campaigned vigorously while also pursuing a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Her union with Marc Mezvinsky, an accomplished investment banker, allows her to maintain an enjoyable lifestyle as she attends various political events globally.

Early Life

Chelsea Victoria Clinton was welcomed into the world on February 27, 1980, in Little Rock, Arkansas, when her father Bill was serving his first term as governor. Hillary Clinton shared that Bill proposed the name Chelsea after listening to Judy Collins’ 1960 version of Joni Mitchell’s “Chelsea Morning,” suggesting if they had a daughter, that should be her name. Chelsea inherited her parents’ academic inclination and was reading by the age of three. She even skipped third grade. In 1993, her father became the 42nd President of the United States, prompting the family’s relocation to Washington, D.C., where Chelsea enrolled at Sidwell Friends School. A National Merit Scholarship semifinalist in 1997, she graduated from high school the same year, with her father delivering the graduation address. During that speech, Bill Clinton expressed, “A part of us longs to hold you once more.” Sidwell Friends School is often referred to as the “Harvard of Washington D.C.’s private schools,” and it notably counts Sasha and Malia Obama among its alumni.

Attending Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, Chelsea graduated with highest honors in 2001, earning a bachelor’s degree in history. She furthered her education at Oxford University, obtaining her MPhil degree in international relations in 2003. In 2010, she completed her MPH degree at Columbia University’s School of Public Health, and two years later, she began teaching at Columbia.

Career

Upon completing her studies at Stanford and Oxford, Clinton took on roles at McKinsey & Company and Avenue Capital Group before transitioning to co-chair a fundraising week for the Clinton Foundation, after which she became the Vice-Chair of the foundation. Additionally, she sits on the board of the School of American Ballet and also serves on IAC’s board of directors. Late in 2011, NBC appointed Chelsea as a special correspondent. This role, which lasted three months, permitted her to continue her work with the Clinton Foundation as well as focus on her graduate degrees. In February 2012, NBC chose to extend her contract, but she departed from that position in the latter part of summer 2014.

Since 2011, Clinton has played a significant role in the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. As a board member, she gives paid speeches, donating her earnings back to the foundation. The Clinton Foundation is dedicated to enhancing global health, creating opportunities for women, and fostering economic growth.

Clinton has authored five picture books for children: “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired and Get Going” in 2015, “She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World” in 2017 (which later became a musical), “She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History” and “Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference” in 2018, and “Don’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe” in 2019. Her second and third children’s books quickly became bestsellers.

In 2020, Clinton was reported to be developing an Olympic-themed children’s book, which will constitute the third installment in her “She Persisted” series centered around female athletes. Titled “She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game,” it is scheduled for publication on September 22 and will feature renowned athletes such as Wilma Rudolph, Mia Hamm, and Venus and Serena Williams.

The Philomel Books imprint, which oversees the publication of Clinton’s children’s books, is also launching a series of chapter books consisting of 80-page narratives about the women featured in her “She Persisted” series. Chelsea and Hillary Clinton are set to pen the foreword for books focusing on Harriet Tubman, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah Winfrey, which will kick off the series.

In 2017, she co-authored an academic book about global health policy titled “Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why?” Additionally, in 2019, she collaborated with her mother to write “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience,” with the duo promoting the publication on a tour.

Furthermore, she has contributed a variety of articles and opinion pieces to major media platforms such as CNN.com, Time magazine, Huffington Post, Refinery 29, and others.

In July 2020, Clinton declared her plans to launch a venture capital firm, named Metrodora Ventures. Having spent several months formulating the idea, she has shown eagerness to invest in at least two healthcare startups, one of which is a pregnancy support app called Poppy Seed Health.

Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaigns

Beginning her campaign efforts in Iowa in December 2007, Chelsea Clinton supported her mother’s pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination. She traveled extensively, with a focus on college campuses, addressing her mother’s candidacy at 100 colleges over the course of five months. Ultimately, Hillary Clinton fell short in the 2008 Democratic nomination race against Barack Obama.

In 2016, Chelsea played a significant role in her mother’s presidential campaign, attending over 200 public events nationwide. A highlight was her heartfelt introduction of her mother during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July 2016, where she reflected on her upbringing and praised her mother’s dedication to public service and key issues.

Personal Life

Chelsea Clinton married investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in 2010. Their families had been friends throughout the 1990s, and the couple met during a weekend Democratic retreat in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Their engagement was announced over Thanksgiving weekend in 2009, and they later established their home in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of New York City post-honeymoon. Their wedding took place in an interfaith ceremony (with Mezvinsky being Jewish and Clinton Methodist) in Rhinebeck, New York, followed by a reception at Astor Courts, an estate belonging to Kathleen Hammer, a former producer at Oxygen Media. On April 17, 2014, Chelsea revealed at a New York forum that she and Marc were expecting their first child.

Their first child, a daughter named Charlotte, arrived on September 26, 2014. Following that, their son Aidan was born on June 18, 2016, and their second son, Jasper, came on July 22, 2019.

Turning 40 in February 2020, Chelsea Clinton was recalled in a 2001 interview where her father expressed pride in her character, noting she “has her mother’s character and her father’s energy,” during a New York Times conversation.

In 2020, Clinton commented on the coronavirus pandemic, attributing deaths to President Donald Trump’s ineffective management and absence of a feasible plan to address its spread.

In early July 2020, Chelsea expressed her support via Twitter for renaming schools named after Confederate Generals in Virginia’s Hanover County. She stated: “I am not a resident of Hanover County in Virginia, but I am a parent. We shouldn’t have schools that celebrate the legacy of slavery and white supremacists in this country. All of our children deserve better.” Notably, Stonewall Jackson Middle School and Lee-Davis High School are among the schools affected. The Hanover County chapter of the NAACP initiated legal action for name changes. On July 14, 2020, the school board of Hanover County voted 4-3 in favor of renaming the two schools associated with Confederate military leaders.

Salary Highlights

According to a January 2020 SEC filing, Chelsea earned $9 million from her role at IAC, where she served on the Board alongside Barry Diller. Previously, she was a Board member at Expedia, earning a base salary of $250,000 annually. During 2013 and 2014, Chelsea received $600,000 from NBC.

Real Estate

In 2008, Chelsea and Marc bought a three-bedroom, 1,922-square-foot condo in central Manhattan for $4 million. The tenth-floor unit includes an open chef’s kitchen and spacious living and dining areas with impressive ten-foot ceilings.

In 2013, they sold this condo for $4.75 million and acquired a significantly larger apartment of 5,000 square feet valued at $10.5 million. Located just a few blocks from their previous residence, this apartment spans an entire Manhattan city block between 26th and 27th street, making it the longest apartment in the city. The luxurious, modern unit offers “environmentally-conscious” living with breathtaking views of Madison Square Park.