Richard Blumenthal was born on the 13th February 1946, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, and is a politician, a member of Democratic Party, who is most famous for being the current Connecticut senior US Senator. He is also widely known as the former Attorney General of the State of Connecticut.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this successful politician has accumulated so far? How rich Richard Blumenthal is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Richard Blumenthal’s net worth, as of mid-2017, exceeds the sum of $85 million. It has been acquired largely through his bright political career, which has been active since 1977, and from practicing law.
Richard Blumenthal Net Worth $85 million
Richard was one of four children of Martin and Jane Blumenthal and is of part-Jewish descent. He attended The Bronx’s private school Riverdale Country School, after which he continued to Harvard College’s undergraduate studies. He later enrolled at Trinity College in Cambridge, England, UK, before he enrolled at Yale Law School where he was classmate with Hillary and Bill Clinton. During his studies, Richard worked as an intern for The Washington Post as well as an editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. Upon graduation, he joined US Marines, and served between 1970 and 1976 when he was honorably discharged.
After resigning from the military, Blumenthal turned himself towards politics, and began his political career as US Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff’s administrative assistant. He then served as a partner for law firms Cummings & Lockwood and later Silver, Golub & Sandak. In 1977 Richard was named as the District of Connecticut’s US Attorney, serving in that position ‘til 1981, then becoming the state’s federal prosecutor, successfully solving a majority of cases including civil right violations, environmental pollution, drug trafficking as well as white collar and organized crimes subjects. All these engagements provided the basis for Richard Blumenthal’s net worth.
Between 1982 and 1986, Richard was the chairman of his own non-profit organization – Citizens Crime Commission of Connecticut. In 1984, Blumenthal became a member of Connecticut House of Representatives, while in 1987 he was elected for the Connecticut Senate, representing the 27th District. The breakthrough in Blumenthal’s career which set it on the rising path occurred in 1990 when he was named as the Attorney General, which he “reprised” for the next four mandates, in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. It is certain that all these achievements dramatically increased the total of Richard Blumenthal’s net worth.
In November 2010, Blumenthal was elected as a US Senator and began his tenure in January 2011, engaging in Senate Committees for Judiciary, Armed Services as well as Commerce, Science and Transportation. During 2016 elections, Blumenthal made it into political history books for becoming the first person in the history of Connecticut to score more than one million votes. Doubtlessly, these accomplishments have helped Richard Blumenthal to significantly increase the total of his net worth by a large margin.
When it comes to his personal life, since 1982 Richard has been married to Cynthia Allison Malkin, a daughter of American real estate magnate Peter L. Malkin. Richard and Cynthia have welcomed four children and currently reside in Greenwich, Connecticut,
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