Chelsea Clinton Net Worth (Money & Salary)

Chelsea Clinton’s Salary and Net Worth Overview

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States, and Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and Senator, has a net worth totaling $30 million. This figure combines her wealth with that of her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, a partner at the esteemed private equity firm TPG. Chelsea accumulated her share of this net worth largely through her work with the consulting firm McKinsey & Company and her roles on various corporate boards, including that of internet company IAC. A Securities and Exchange Commission filing from January 2020 indicated Chelsea received $9 million in compensation while serving on IAC’s board up until that time. Additionally, she previously earned $250,000 annually for her position on the board of Expedia.

From a young age, as her father served as Governor of Arkansas, Chelsea Clinton has been a figure in the public eye. She spent her formative years in the White House, where her often awkward teenage experiences were extensively covered by media worldwide. Compared to the more polished daughters of Vice President Al Gore, Chelsea embodied the “everyman” persona as the first daughter. Nevertheless, she matured, and by her time at Stanford University, she had transformed into a sophisticated, intelligent, and politically astute individual, signaling her journey towards becoming a consummate politician. Following her undergraduate studies, Chelsea earned a master’s degree from University College, Oxford, as well as from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She holds positions on numerous boards, including Common Sense Media and the School of American Ballet, alongside her continuing involvement with the Clinton Global Initiative. Chelsea actively supported her mother’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2016, all while pursuing a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Her marriage to successful investment banker Marc Mezvinsky allows her a pleasant lifestyle as she travels globally for various political duties.

Background and Childhood

Chelsea Victoria Clinton was born on February 27, 1980, in Little Rock, Arkansas, during her father Bill Clinton’s first term as governor. Hillary Clinton noted that after hearing Judy Collins’ 1960 rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Chelsea Morning,” Bill expressed a wish to name their future daughter Chelsea. Chelsea, taking after her academically gifted parents, began reading by the age of three and skipped the third grade. In 1993, her father was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States, prompting the family’s relocation to Washington, D.C., where Chelsea enrolled at Sidwell Friends School. In 1997, she achieved recognition as a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist and graduated that same year, with her father delivering the commencement speech, during which he expressed, “A part of us longs to hold you once more.” Sidwell Friends School is often regarded as the “Harvard” among Washington D.C.’s private schools, with Sasha and Malia Obama among its noted alumni.

Clinton pursued higher education at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where she graduated with highest honors in 2001, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in history. Subsequently, she attended Oxford University, earning her MPhil degree in international relations by 2003. In 2010, she achieved her MPH degree at Columbia University’s School of Public Health and commenced her teaching career at Columbia in 2012.

Career

Having graduated from Stanford and Oxford, Clinton initially joined McKinsey & Company and Avenue Capital Group, before taking on the role of co-chair for a fundraising week for the Clinton Foundation, subsequently becoming its Vice-Chair. She is involved with the School of American Ballet’s board and serves on IAC’s board of directors. In late 2011, NBC brought Chelsea on as a special correspondent, a role that permitted her to continue her work with the Clinton Foundation and pursue her graduate studies. NBC extended her contract in February 2012, but she departed the position in the late summer of 2014.

Since 2011, Clinton has played a significant role in the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. As a board member, she participates in giving paid speeches, returning her earnings from those speeches back to the foundation. The foundation primarily aims at enhancing global health, fostering opportunities for women, and stimulating economic growth. 

Clinton has authored five children’s picture books: “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 was adapted into 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 announced her work on an Olympic-themed children’s book, which will be the third installment in her “She Persisted” series centering on women in sports. Titled “She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game,” it is set to be published on September 22 and feature noted athletes such as Wilma Rudolph, Mia Hamm, and Venus and Serena Williams.

Philomel Books, the imprint that releases Clinton’s children’s literature, will also produce a series of chapter books that consist of 80-page narratives concerning the women featured in Clinton’s “She Persisted” collection. The forewords for the initial books about figures like Harriet Tubman, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah Winfrey will be composed by Chelsea and Hillary Clinton.

Additionally, she co-authored a scholarly text on global health policy titled “Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why?” in 2017. In 2019, she collaborated with her mother on “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience,” for which they conducted a promotional tour.

Clinton has also contributed numerous articles and opinion pieces to major media platforms, including CNN.com, Time magazine, the Huffington Post, Refinery 29, and others.

In July 2020, she publicized her plans to establish a venture capital firm named Metrodora Ventures. Having spent several months developing this business strategy, she expressed a desire to invest in at least two healthcare startups, one of which is a pregnancy support application called Poppy Seed Health.

Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaigns

In December 2007, campaigning for her mother’s Democratic presidential nomination commenced for Chelsea Clinton in Iowa. She made appearances mostly at college campuses throughout the country, speaking about her mother’s candidacy at 100 colleges over a span of five months. Ultimately, Hillary Clinton lost in the 2008 Democratic primary to Barack Obama.

In 2016, Chelsea again played a significant role in her mother’s presidential campaign, attending over 200 public events nationwide. At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July 2016, she delivered a heartfelt introduction for her mother, reflecting on her childhood and praising her mother’s dedication to various public service issues.

Personal Life

Marrying investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in 2010, Chelsea Clinton has connections to the Mezvinsky family dating back to the 1990s. Their children initially met during a Democratic political weekend retreat in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The couple got engaged during Thanksgiving in 2009, and after their honeymoon, they established their home in the Gramercy Park area of New York City. They exchanged vows in an interfaith ceremony in Rhinebeck, New York (Mezvinsky being Jewish and Clinton a Methodist), with the reception taking place at Astor Courts, a property overlooking the Hudson River owned by Kathleen Hammer, a former producer at Oxygen Media. On April 17, 2014, Clinton announced at a New York forum that she and Marc were expecting their first child.

Charlotte, their first child and daughter, was welcomed on September 26, 2014. Aidan, their son, followed on June 18, 2016, and Jasper, their second son, was born on July 22, 2019.

February 2020 marked Chelsea Clinton’s 40th birthday. In a 2001 New York Times interview, her father expressed pride, noting that she “has her mother’s character and her father’s energy.”

In 2020, Chelsea commented on the loss of lives due to the coronavirus pandemic, attributing it to President Donald Trump’s lack of effective management or a feasible plan to control its spread.

In early July 2020, she tweeted in favor of renaming schools associated with Confederate Generals in Virginia’s Hanover County. “Although I am not a resident of Hanover County in Virginia, I am a parent. Schools that honor the legacy of slavery and white supremacists don’t serve our children well. They deserve better,” she stated. For example, one school in Hanover County is named Stonewall Jackson Middle School, and another is Lee-Davis High School. The Hanover County NAACP chapter has initiated a lawsuit for the name changes. Subsequently, on July 14, 2020, the Hanover County school board cast a 4-3 vote in favor of renaming the two schools linked to Confederate leaders.

Salary Highlights

A January 2020 SEC filing disclosed that Chelsea has received $9 million in compensation from IAC, where she is a Board member alongside Barry Diller. SheShe held a position as a Board member at the internet company Expedia, receiving an annual base salary of $250,000. Additionally, from NBC, she accumulated $600,000 during the years 2013 and 2014.

Real Estate

In 2008, Chelsea and Marc bought a three-bedroom condo measuring 1,922 square feet in central Manhattan for $4 million. Situated on the tenth floor, the condo boasts an open chef’s kitchen, complemented by a living and dining area with impressive ten-foot ceilings.

In 2013, this condo was sold by Mezvinsky and Clinton for $4.75 million, allowing them to acquire a significantly larger apartment measuring 5,000 square feet, valued at $10.5 million. A short distance from their previous residence, the new apartment is recognized as the longest apartment in the city, extending the full length of a Manhattan city block between 26th and 27th streets. It features luxurious, ultra-modern design and “environmentally-conscious” elements, all while providing breathtaking views of Madison Square Park.