Trump is no longer the richest politician: who replaced him

US President Donald Trump is no longer America’s richest politician.

Photo: Instagram / jbpritzker

This place is now occupied by billionaire democrat Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker, who spent a record $ 171,5 million personal money on his campaign for the governorship of Illinois, writes Time.

Venture capitalist and heir to the Hyatt Hotel chain received an 54% vote by winning a contest against the current Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. Rauner spent about 60 million dollars in personal funds in the governor's race of the state of Illinois; a total of two billionaires spent almost xnumx million dollars in personal funds.

Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay and Hewlett-Packard, was the previous self-financing record holder, spending 144 million dollars on her campaign for the governor of California in 2010 a year, but she could not get a chair.

As soon as he gets to work, Pritsker will become America’s richest politician with a fortune of about 3,2 billion dollars. This means that he will eclipse President Donald Trump, who previously owned the title. Currently, Forbes is evaluating the state of the president at 3,1 billion dollars.

Pritzker will become the richest governor in modern US history and the second richest US politician holding elected office - after former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose net worth is currently estimated at $46,4 billion.

Pritzker is not a man who made himself on his own. With a total wealth of 33,5 billion dollars, the Pritzker family is the richest 15 family in the United States. JB's condition stems from the Hyatt hotel chain, which was founded by his uncle Jay in 1957 and was run by his father, Donald.

JB and his brother Anthony founded their own private equity company in the 1996 year, the Pritzker Group, which manages several industrial firms and has a stake in the aerospace company Ilona Mask SpaceX.

Their sister, Penny Pritzker, also a billionaire, served as head of the Commerce Department in the administration of 44 President Barack Obama. Today, her fortune is estimated at 2,7 billion dollars, she is on the advice of companies such as Microsoft and Measure.

Before becoming governor of Illinois, Pritzker was an active supporter of Democrats. He spent more than $14 million supporting Democrats in 2016, including the party's presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

Additionally, Pritzker is a descendant of emigrants from Ukraine, about what we wrote earlier.

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