Kevin McCarthy’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

What Is Kevin McCarthy’s Net Worth and Salary?Kevin McCarthy is an American politician who has a net worth of $300 thousand. As a senior member of Congress, Kevin McCarthy’s annual salary was $175,000. As Speaker of the House of Representatives, his salary is $223,500. According to Kevin’s latest financial disclosure, which was given in 2018, at that time his net worth was $223,002. His assets ranged in value from $181,000 to $415,000 at that time and his liabilities ranged from $100,000 to $200,000. His financial disclosure listed two liabilities, a mortgage on his personal home in Bakersfield, California in the range of $50-100k and Department of Education loan in the same range for a dependent child. His peak reported net worth was $300,000, as reported in his 2014 disclosure. As of this writing he is the 270th richest member of the House of Representatives.Kevin McCarthy is a Republican who served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 32nd district from December 2002 to November 2006. McCarthy then served as the Minority Leader of the California State Assembly from January 2004 to April 2006 and the House Republican Chief Deputy Whip from January 2009 to January 2011. Kevin became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s 22nd district in January 2007 and began representing the 23rd district in 2013 and the 20th district in 2023. McCarthy served as House Majority Whip from January 2011 to August 2014 and was the House Majority Leader from August 2014 to January 2019. Kevin was the House Minority Leader from January 2019 to January 2023, and he has also served as chairman of the Young Republican National Federation and the California Young Republicans. In 2010, he published the book “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders,” which he co-wrote with Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan.McCarthy supported Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen, and though he initially said that Trump “bears responsibility” for the insurrection that took place on January 6, 2021, he later said that Trump didn’t provoke the attack on the Capital. In February 2021, it was reported that McCarthy and Trump got into a shouting match during the insurrection when Kevin called to ask for help and Donald refused, responding, “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”In early 2023, McCarthy made history when he lost the vote for Speaker of the House 14 times before finally being voted in on the 15th ballot in the early hours of January 7th. This was the first time since 1923 that the Speaker of the House has not been elected on the first ballot.Early LifeKevin McCarthy was born Kevin Owen McCarthy on January 26, 1965, in Bakersfield, California. Kevin is the son of homemaker Roberta Palladino and assistant city fire chief Owen McCarthy, and he grew up in a working-class family of Democrats. McCarthy’s heritage is Italian on his mother’s side and Irish on his father’s side. When McCarthy was 21, he opened Kevin O’s Deli, and he was inspired to go into public service after experiencing the “redundant and frivolous rules along with tedious paperwork and overburdening taxes” involved with running a small business. He sold the business to pay for college, and in 1989, he graduated from California State University, Bakersfield, with a Bachelor of Science in marketing. In 1994, Kevin earned a Master of Business Administration from the school, and as a college student, he worked for the Kern County Fire Department as a seasonal firefighter and landed an internship with Congressman Bill Thomas.CareerFrom 1987 to 2002, McCarthy was a staff member at Congressman Bill Thomas’ office, and he was Thomas’ district director from the late ’90s until 2000. In the mid-1990s, Kevin became chairman of the California Young Republicans, and he served as chairman of the Young Republican National Federation from 1999 to 2000. McCarthy was elected a Kern Community College District trustee in 2000 and a California State Assembly member in 2002. In 2006, Bill Thomas retired from the House of Representatives and Kevin won his seat with 70.7% of the vote. After the insurrection in 2021, Thomas went on television to express disappointment in his former protégé repeating Trump’s “phony lies” about the 2020 election, and in a 2022 interview with “The New Yorker,”  Bill stated, “The Kevin McCarthy who is now, at this time, in the House isn’t the Kevin McCarthy I worked with. At least from outward appearances. You never know what’s inside, really. Kevin basically is whatever you want him to be. He lies. He’ll change the lie if necessary. How can anyone trust his word?”After being elected to the House of Representatives, McCarthy ran unopposed in 2008 and 2010. In subsequent elections, he got 73.2% of the vote against No Party Preference candidate Terry Phillips (2012), 74.8% against Democratic candidate Raul Garcia (2014), 69.2% against Democratic candidate Wendy Reed (2016), 64.3% against Democratic candidate Tatiana Matta (2018), 62.1% against Democratic candidate Kim Mangone (2020), and 67.3% against Democratic candidate Marisa Wood (2022). Kevin served as House Majority Leader from 2014 to 2019 and House Minority Leader from 2019 to 2023, and he has been a member of the Committee on Financial Services, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and the Congressional Western Caucus. McCarthy was the House Republican Chief Deputy Whip from 2009 to 2011 and the House Majority Whip from 2011 from 2014, and he began serving on the House Republican steering committee as a freshman congressman.Republicans narrowly won control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, and the election for Speaker of the House began on January 3, 2023, with 203 House members voting for McCarthy, 212 voting for Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, and 19 voting for other Republicans on the first ballot. Kevin was eventually voted Speaker of the House with 216 votes in the 15th round of voting at 12:37 a.m. on January 7th. This was the first time since 1859 that the vote for Speaker of the House had taken more than nine ballots to elect a winner.Personal LifeKevin married Judy Wages in 1992, and they have two children, Meghan and Connor. McCarthy used to be on the board of the Community Action Partnership of Kern, and he is a supporter of the MLB team the Los Angeles Dodgers. Shortly after Kevin dropped out of the Speaker of the House race in 2015, he was accused of having an affair with married Republican congresswoman Renee Ellmers. A few days before McCarthy dropped out, Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. sent a letter to Republican Conference chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers in which he urged his fellow Republican members of Congress to step aside if they had committed any “misdeeds.” McCarthy and Ellmers both denied allegations of an affair.Real EstateMcCarthy and his wife own a 1,571 square foot home in Bakersfield, California, that was built in 1987. The home includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and Kevin and Judy bought the home in 1996. The home’s estimated market value was approximately $300,000, and McCarthy’s 2019 financial disclosure stated that his mortgage on the house at the time was between $50,001 and $100,000.
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Lauren Boebert’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

What is Lauren Boebert’s Net Worth and Salary?Lauren Boebert is a Republican politician and businesswoman who has a net worth of $400 thousand. That is a combined net worth with her husband Jayson Boebert who in recent years has earned nearly $500,000 per year as a consultant. As a member of the US House of Representatives, Lauren earns an annual salary of $174,000. Lauren Boebert was elected to the US representative for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district in 2020 and began serving in 2021. A fervid gun rights advocate, she previously owned the now-defunct restaurant Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado. Among many other reasons, Boebert is also infamous for her ties to far-right extremist groups, her anti-LGBTQ views, and her attempts to help overturn the 2020 presidential election results.Financial Disclosure ReportAccording to her August 2022 House of Representatives Financial Disclosure Report, Lauren and her husband carry less than $15,000 in a primary checking account and less than $15,000 four additional retirement and investment accounts. Other reported assets include capital gains from something called Crypto Money Movement COIN that’s worth less than $15,000 and a handful of other investments that are each worth less than $1,000.Additional disclosures showed that Lauren’s husband Jayson earned $480,000 and $460,000 in 2022 and 2021, respectively, from a consulting business called Boebert Consulting. In terms of liabilities, they owe Pennymac bank between $250,000 and $500,000 for a mortgage connected to their personal home in Rifle, Colorado, which according to public estimates is worth between $600,000 and $700,000. The value of the couple’s former restaurant business is listed at less than $15,000.Lauren Boebert is NOT Worth $41 MillionContrary to a popular internet rumor, Lauren is NOT wort $41 million. That figure came from a parody website which we will not name here. The same website claimed that Boebert owns a luxury yacht, 5 real estate properties, has cash reserves of $16 million and makes $250,000 per month in income. All of these are completely fabricated claims made by a farcical website.Early Life and EducationLauren Boebert was born as Lauren Roberts on December 19, 1986 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. When she was 12, she moved with her family to Denver, Colorado; they later moved to Aurora before finally settling in Rifle in 2003. Boebert went to Rifle High School, but dropped out in her senior year after having a baby.Career BeginningsAfter dropping out of high school, Boebert became an assistant manager at a McDonald’s in Rifle. Later, following her marriage, she had a filing job at a natural gas drilling company. Boebert eventually became a pipeliner.RestaurantsIn 2013, Boebert and her husband opened the restaurant Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado. She encouraged the restaurant’s staff to openly carry firearms due to a false claim she made that a man was beaten to death outside of the restaurant. Boebert also owned a restaurant across the street called Smokehouse 1776, and had another restaurant called Putters that she sold in late 2016.In 2017, temporary locations set up by Shooters Grill and Smokehouse 1776 allegedly caused a food poisoning outbreak at a fair in Garfield County. The restaurants reportedly did not have permits to operate their temporary locations, and that they allegedly handled the food without proper hygiene.Boebert caused more chaos in 2020 during the COVID pandemic when she violated Colorado’s stay-at-home order by reopening Shooters Grill for dine-in. Her food license was soon suspended, and Shooters Grill was eventually shuttered in the summer of 2022.US House of RepresentativesBoebert decided to enter federal politics in late 2019 when she announced her campaign to represent Colorado’s 3rd congressional district as a US representative. Facing five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republic primary, and then Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in the general, Boebert ran on a campaign that celebrated far-right extremism and gun ownership. She also vocally embraced conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon. Boebert ultimately won the election.In 2021, Boebert got into trouble with the FEC for using her reelection campaign funds for personal expenses. She eventually submitted documents to the FEC showing that the money was used for rental and utilities bills, and that it had since been reimbursed. However, controversy continued to plague her during her campaign, mostly for the many inflammatory and false statements she made. Notably, Boebert perpetuated the Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and claimed that Anthony Fauci was responsible for facilitating the COVID pandemic. She still managed to pull out the win in the general election, albeit by a very narrow margin.Political PositionsBoebert opposes women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, clean energy, sex education, gun control, universal healthcare, and safety measures in the control of COVID-19. During the height of the pandemic, she objected to facemasks and vaccines, and was fined for violating Congress’s mask mandate.Among her other positions, she supported the insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and subsequently voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Boebert has advocated for the abolishment of the US Department of Education. She has made racist remarks about other US representatives, including Ilhan Omar.Boebert ConsultingIn 2012, Lauren’s husband Jayson launched Boebert Consulting, which works with the Colorado natural gas company Terra Energy. Financial disclosures in the lead-up to the 2022 election showed that Jayson earned $478,386 in 2020 and $460,601 in 2021 from the consulting company.Personal LifeIn 2007, Boebert married her husband Jayson. Together, they have four sons. Boebert became a born-again Christian in 2009.A few years before Boebert married him, Jayson allegedly exposed his penis to two women at a bowling alley in Colorado, and was sentenced to four days in jail and two years of probation. Boebert got into legal trouble herself in 2016 when she was cited for careless driving and operating an unsafe vehicle. In early 2017, she was arrested and booked for failure to appear in court.Real EstateLauren and Jayson live on a 5-acre property in Rifle, Colorado that features a 4-bedroom, 2,700 square-foot home that dates back to the early 1900s. It’s unclear when they purchased the property or for how much, but according to House financial disclosures, they carry a mortgage with Pennymac bank that is estimated in the “$250,000 – 500,000” range.
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Hosni Mubarak’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

What was Hosni Mubarak’s net worth?Hosni Mubarak was an Egyptian who at his peak of power had a net worth of $70 billion at the peak of his power. As we detail in the next section, a hidden fortune certainly made Hosni the richest person in Egypt for much of his life and potentially the richest person in the world. Hosni Mubarak died on February 25, 2020 at the age of 91. Hosni served as the President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. He also served in the Egyptian Air Force, as career officer and commander (1972-1975,) and eventually became the air chief Marshall. Mubarak was forced to resign as President in 2011 amid heavy protests and demonstrations. He and his two sons were also held and questioned concerning charges of political corruption. Mubarak was accused of pre-meditating the murder of innocent protesters during the time of the revolution, as well as being suspected of having something to do with the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat. President Sadat had appointed Mubarak to be his Vice President in 1975, and Mubarak met with many important political figures and took part in all meetings, in support of Sadat’s policies. He was considered Sadat’s right hand man, and no one wanted to cross him. Mubarak took over as President after Sadat was killed by a military Jihad cell. During Sadat’s Presidency, Egypt was suspended from being a part of the Arab League, because of his peace treaty with Israel, but suspension was lifted after Mubarak took over the office.There were several assassination attempts on Mubarak during his time in the Presidential seat. The Jihad cell tried to eliminate him, while he attended a conference, at the Organization of African Unity. It was also said that he was attacked with a knife and suffered injuries. Mubarak was elected to four terms as President, although, there is a question as to whether the elections were legitimate or not. Under President Mubarak’s rule, people and politicians were jailed and held without trial, people were persecuted and privacy was invaded. The government was allowed to arrest and hold people without any reason, for as long as they deemed necessary. Demonstrations, any political organizations were banned. This was called the Emergency Law.Mubarak was facing the death penalty for the murder of peaceful protesters if found guilty. On August, 3, 2011, Mubarak and his sons, Alaa and Gamal were brought before the courts in North Cairo, and charged with corruption and premeditated murder. Mubarak pleaded not guilty.Wealth DetailsIn February 2011, an ABC News investigative report found that Hosni Mubarak’s personal net worth was $40 to $70 billion. If true, for a number of years he would have been the richest person in the world, secretly. According to a similar report by The Guardian, his fortune was AT LEAST $70 billion and was earned through a decades long career of bribes and corruption. The money was allegedly stored in dozens of bank accounts in Switzerland and the United Kingdom or was invested in property.Soon after the initial reports were released, the Swiss government froze several Mubarak family bank accounts.Early LifeMubarak was born on May 4, 1928 in Kafr El-Meselha, Monufia Governorate, Egypt. His full name was Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak. He attended the Military Academy and when he was 21, joined the Air Force Academy. By March of 1950, he gained his commission as a pilot officer and eventually received his bachelor’s degree in aviation sciences.CareerMubarak began his career in public service in the Egyptian Air Force where he served as an officer in various formations and units. He rose through the ranks and by 1967, he had become the Air Force Academy’s commander. While in that role, he was credited with doubling the number of Air Force pilots and navigators. In 1969, he was named the Chief of Staff for the Egyptian Air Force. A few years later, in 1972, Mubarak was named the Commander of the Air Force and Egyptian Deputy Minister of Defense. The following year, when the Yom Kippur War broke out, the Egyptian Air Force launched a surprise attack on Israel. The Egyptian Air Force was able to hit over 90% of their air targets, making Mubarak a national hero. He was promoted the following year to Air Chief Marshal in recognition of his service during the war against Israel.In 1975, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat appointed Mubarak to be the Vice President of Egypt. In that role, Mubarak developed important relationships and friendships with various leaders and political figures throughout the Middle East. President Sadat often sent Mubarak to meet with foreign leaders from around the world. Sadat even would sometimes transfer his decision making authority to Mubarak at times when he went on vacation.In October of 1981, President Sadat was assassinated by Lieutenant Khalid Islambouli. Following the assassination, Mubarak became the fourth president of Egypt following a referendum. He subsequently renewed his term as president through referendum in 1987, 1993, and 1999. In 2005, following pressure put on him by the United States, Mubarak held the country’s first multi-party election, though Mubarak won that election as well. He ultimately remained Egypt’s top political leader for almost thirty years. He was Egypt’s longest serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha who had ruled the country for 43 years.While president, Mubarak was able to reinstate Egypt’s membership in the Arab League. Their membership had been frozen since the Camp David Accords with Israel. Their reinstatement also meant that the Arab League’s headquarters returned to Cairo. Mubarak was also supportive of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, a shift in perspective from former president, Sadat. While some positives occurred in Egypt while Mubarak was in power, ultimately his rule was repressive. The country remained under a state of emergency during his presidency which had been in place since 1967. This meant that political opposition was more easily stifled and the Egyptian security services and military developed a reputation for their brutality in how they dealt with civilians.Mubarak also developed a reputation for being extremely corrupt. During his administration, political figures and young activists who spoke out against his rule were imprisoned without trial. There were a number of hidden and undocumented detention facilities established where countless people were taken for days on end, sometimes disappearing altogether. In 2005, Freedom House, an organization that investigates democracy, reported on the widespread corruption taking place under Mubarak. Mubarak and his family, specifically his two sons, were also known for taking bribes and misappropriating funds. In 2011, many of the family’s assets that were held in foreign bank accounts were frozen.As reports of Mubarak’s corruption became more and more prominent, protests against Mubarak and his regime erupted in Cairo as well as in other parts of Egypt. Mubarak promised that he would not contest the results of the upcoming presidential election in case he did not win. He also promised various constitutional reforms, though this did little to satisfy the protestors, who demanded Mubarak’s immediate departure. Violent clashes between pro and anti-Mubarak protestors occurred numerous times, sometimes resulting in the deaths of protestors.Mubarak ultimately stepped down from the presidency during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, following 18 days of demonstrations. In April of 2011, a prosecutor detained Mubarak, along with his two sons, for 15 days, during which time they were questions about allegations of corruption and abuse of power. Mubarak ultimately was forced to stand trial. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in June of 2012. However, Egypt’s high court overturned his sentence and a retrial was ordered. Mubarak ultimately was acquitted in March of 2017 and released from jail a few weeks later. He spent his final years primarily out of the public eye.Personal Life and DeathMubarak was married to Suzanne Mubarak. Together, they had two sons – Alaa and Gamal. Both of his sons were jailed for years in Egypt on corruption charges. They were released in 2015.On February 25, 2020, Mubarak died in a military hospital in Cairo at the age of 91. Following his death, a full-honor State funeral was held at the Tantawi Mosque in eastern Cairo. He was buried in a cemetery in Heliopolis a few days later. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi participated in the funeral and declared three national days of mourning in Egypt.
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