Donald Henry Rumsfeld net worth is
$15 Million
Donald Henry Rumsfeld Wiki Biography
Donald Henry Rumsfeld was born on the 9th July 1932, in Chicago, Illinois USA, and is a Republican politician as well as a businessman, probably best known for being the 13th Secretary of Defence (from 1975 to 1977) under President Ford, and then the 21st Secretary of Defence (between 2001 and 2006) under President George W. Bush.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this powerful man has accumulated so far? How rich Donald Rumsfeld is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Donald Rumsfeld’s net worth, as of mid-2016, is $15 million. It has been acquired throughout his political career, active since 1957, during which he has served in several important positions in the American Government, and business ventures.
Donald Rumsfeld Net Worth $15 Million
Donald Rumsfeld was born to Jeannette Kearlsley and George Donald Rumsfeld, into a family of German and American ancestry. As a youngster, Donald joined the Boy Scouts of America, and in 1949 was honored with its highest rank, an Eagle Scout. He attended Baker Demonstration School, and later New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. Rumsfeld continued his education by enrolling at Princeton University from which he graduated in 1954 with an abbreviation degree in political science. Although he attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center, he did not graduate from either.
Prior to engaging in politics, Donald Rumsfeld served in the US Navy between 1954 and 1957 as an airman. He began his political career in 1957, when he served as an administrative assistant to Ohio’s 11th district representative, Congressman David S. Dennison, during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1959, Donald transferred to Michigan where he was a staff assistant to Congressman Robert P. Griffin. Between 1960 and 1962, Donald Rumsfeld was engaged with A. G. Becker & Co., an investment banking firm. All these involvements provided the basis for Donald Rumsfeld’s net worth.
Donald Rumsfeld’s political rise really started in 1962, when as a 30 year-old he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the 13th congressional district of Illinois. He was re-elected to this position in 1964, 1966 and 1968, but after his fourth term he resigned to serve in a variety of executive branch positions in the administration of President Richard Nixon. These accomplishments helped Donald Rumsfeld to establish himself on the political scene, and certainly increased his overall net worth.
In 1973, Donald Rumsfeld was appointed the US Ambassador to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in Brussels, Belgium before he was called back to the states in 1974, when Richard Nixon resigned his presidency. Donald was appointed White House Chief of Staff for the new President, Gerald Ford, but just a year later he named the 13th US Secretary of Defense in which post he remained until 1977. Doubtlessly, these engagements made a huge, positive impact on Donald Rumsfeld’s net worth.
In the course of the next two decades, between 1977 and 2000, Donald Rumsfeld made some efforts towards his business career, including as a lecturer at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, CEO of G. D. Searle & Company, CEO of the General Instrument Corporation, as well as chairman of Gilead Sciences, Inc. These ventures resulted in a very profitable addition to Donald Rumsfeld’s net worth in total.
In 2001, Donald Rumsfeld returned to politics, when he was again named as Secretary of Defense, this time under President George W. Bush, in which position he was a key man in planning the response to the 9/11 attacks, as well as for launching the war against Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2006, Donald Rumsfeld retired from politics, and subsequently spent some time writing and publishing two of his three books, largely based on his political and business achievements; “Strategic imperatives in East Asia” (1988), “Known and Unknown: A Memoir” (2011) and “Rumsfeld’s Rules” (2013), which added somewhat to his net worth.
Donald is also the holder of countless honors and awards, of which the most notable are the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal and Ronald Reagan Freedom Award.
When it comes to his personal life, Donald Rumsfeld has been married to Joyce Pierson since 1954, with whom he has three children, expanding to six grandchildren and even one great-grandchild.
| Full Name | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Net Worth | $15 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 9, 1932 |
| Place Of Birth | Evanston, Illinois, United States |
| Height | 1.71 m |
| Profession | Businessperson, Politician, Military Officer, Philanthropist, Author, Public Servant, Former U.S. Congressman |
| Education | Baker Demonstration School, New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, Princeton University |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Joyce H. Pierson (m. 1954) |
| Children | Donald Nicholas Rumsfeld, Valerie J. Rumsfeld Richard, Marcy K. Rumsfeld Walczak |
| Parents | Jeannette Kearlsley, George Donald Rumsfeld |
| Nicknames | Rummy , Donald Henry Rumsfeld , Donny , Mad Dog , Secretary Donald Rumsfeld |
| http://www.facebook.com/pages/Donald-Rumsfeld/103806706348436 | |
| http://www.twitter.com/rumsfeldoffice | |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1288432 |
| Awards | All Navy Wrestling Champion (1956), The Presidential Medal of Freedom (with Distinction) by President Ford (1977), George C. Marshall Medal by the Association of the U.S. Army (1984), Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal (1993), Ronald Reagan Freedom Award (2003) |
| Movies | "The Unknown Known" (2013) |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [observation, 2015] The idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic. |
| 2 | Nineteen hijackers, using commercial airliners as guided missiles to incinerate three thousand men, women and children, was perhaps the most horrific single unknown unknown America has experienced. |
| 3 | When you say, 'How can you know?'. the answer is, you can't. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could see around corners - have our imagination anticipate every conceivable thing that could happen, and then - from that full array and spectrum - pick out the ones that will happen? |
| 4 | [at a press conference, April 11, 2003] Stuff happens. But it is a fundamental misunderstanding to see those images, over and over and over again, of some boy walking out with a vase and say, 'Oh, my goodness, you didn't have a plan'. |
| 5 | [on the war in Iraq] I don't do quagmires. |
| 6 | I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten indeed the word 'terrorized' is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be. |
| 7 | My family originates from northern Germany. People there are well known for their direct and clear manner of speaking. |
| 8 | We acted in Iraq because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11. |
| 9 | Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to me because, as we know, there are known knowns - there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns - that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know. |
| 10 | (In response to a reporter asking him why he is wearing a suit and tie at a press conference held at President Bush's ranch) "I don't own any casual clothes. Next question, please." |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Son of George Donald Rumsfeld (b. Illinois, 10 October 1904, d. September 1974), who worked on Real Estate, and wife Jeannette Huster (b. Illinois, 27 May 1903, d. 3 May 1988). |
| 2 | Met Elvis Presley in Las Vegas in backstage with Sammy Davis Jr.. |
| 3 | Resigned as Secretary of Defense on November 6, 2006. His resignation was announced by President George W. Bush on November 8, 2006. |
| 4 | His ancestors come from a little town named Weyhe, located a little south of Bremen in Germany. |
| 5 | Having served as Secretary of Defense under both Gerald Ford (he was also chief of staff to that president in the mid-1970s) and 'George W. Bush', Donald Rumsfeld has the distinction of being both the youngest and the oldest Defense Secretary in U.S. history. |
| 6 | Rumsfeld was once the All-Navy Wrestling Champion. |
| 7 | Served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO (1973-1974) |
| 8 | Was U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963-1969) |
| 9 | U.S. Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush (2001-2006); previously served in that position from 1975-1977 under President Gerald Ford. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2009/I | Short additional dialogue |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Septembers Later | 2016 | Documentary | |
| The View | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Former Defense Secretary |
| Today | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Former Defense Secretary |
| The Draft | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Former U.S. Secretary of Defense |
| The Presidents' Gatekeepers | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Fox and Friends | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Unknown Known | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1996-2013 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Hannity | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larry King Now | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| America's Book of Secrets | 2012-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| CBS This Morning | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lou Dobbs Tonight | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Independent Lens | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The World According to Dick Cheney | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| America Live | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hunt for Bin Laden | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Secretary of Defense |
| War on Terror | 2011 | Documentary | |
| Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Face the Nation | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fareed Zakaria GPS | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| 9/11: Day That Changed the World | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Afghan Solution | 2011 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 9/11 State of Emergency | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Leading to War | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Loose Change: Final Cut | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
| American Morning | 2002-2006 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense |
| CNN Live From... | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - interviewee / Secretary of Defense |
| CNN Live Today | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larry King Live | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Now | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hannity & Colmes | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Aristide and the Endless Revolution | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Fox News Sunday | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Meet the Press | 2001-2005 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| This Week | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Diary of a Political Tourist | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast with Frost | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Anderson Cooper 360° | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Paula Zahn Now | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| BBC World News | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frontline | 2002-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Without Fear or Favor: The Best in Broadcast Journalism | 2004 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2002-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Defense Secretary / Himself - Secretary of Defense (segment "Iraqi Oil") |
| Sabine Christiansen | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hunt for Osama bin Laden | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| CNN Newsroom | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense |
| Wolf Blitzer Reports | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense |
| Opération lune | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Headline News | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense |
| CNN Special Reports | 2001 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense |
| Free to Choose | 1980 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1970-1976 | TV Series | Himself - US Secy of Defense / Himself - Asst. to US President / Himself - Office of Economic Opportunity |
| Sammy and Company | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Firing Line | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
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Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Supporting Actor | Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
Known for movies
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