Ron DeSantis net worth is $29 million dollars, as per the recent estimates. As the current governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis earns $210,000 salary annually. DeSantis graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. DeSantis joined the United States Navy in 2004, where he was promoted to lieutenant before serving as an advisor to SEAL Team One. Ron DeSantis is running for reelection in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election against the Democratic nominee, Charlie Crist.
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Ron DeSantis Net Worth
Net Worth | $29 Million |
Annual Salary | $210,000 |
Donations | $48 Million |
Assets & Investments | $16 Million |
Height | 1.90 meters |
Weight | 198 lbs |
Investments by Ron DeSantis
DeSantis and family owns investments in various companies and government securities. DeSantis family owns over $14 million in equity investments and an other $3 million in government securities. DeSantis and family owns investments in the following publicly traded companies.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Alphabet
- Pfizer
- Coca Cola
Ron DeSantis Car Collection
DeSantis drives a 2019 Lexus which he bought for $71,000. Few other cars owned by DeSantis and family are Audi A6, BMW 5-Series and a Cadillac. DeSantis Cars account for less than 5% of his total net worth and wealth.
DeSantis Net Worth Growth
Net Worth in 2022 | $29 Million |
Net Worth in 2021 | $26 Million |
Net Worth in 2020 | $25 Million |
Net Worth in 2019 | $22 Million |
Net Worth in 2018 | $21 Million |
Ron DeSantis Childhood
DeSantis is of Italian descent, with all of his great-grandparents born in Italy. DeSantis maternal great-great-grandfather Salvatore Storti immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1904, eventually settling in Pennsylvania. His great-great-grandmother Luigia Colucci joined her husband in the United States in 1917.
DeSantis attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School and Dunedin High School. After high school, DeSantis studied history at Yale University. He was captain of Yale’s varsity baseball team and joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
After spending a year as a history teacher at the Darlington School, DeSantis attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 2005 with a Juris Doctor cum laude.
Ron DeSantis Military Career
In 2004, during his second year at Harvard Law, DeSantis was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG). He completed Naval Justice School in 2005.
In 2007, DeSantis reported to the Naval Special Warfare Command Group in Coronado, California, where he was assigned to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq. During his military career, DeSantis has been awarded:
- Bronze Star Medal
- Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Iraq Campaign Medal
DeSantis as Governor as Florida
In January 2018, DeSantis announced his candidacy for governor of Florida to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent Rick Scott. On August 28, 2018, DeSantis won the Republican primary by defeating his main opponent, Adam Putnam. His next opponent was Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum in the general election. Initial election-night results had DeSantis winning by nearly 100,000 votes, and Gillum conceded.
In June 2019, DeSantis signed a measure that would make it harder to launch successful ballot initiatives. Petition-gathering for ballot initiatives to legalize medical cannabis, increases to the minimum wage, and expansion of Medicaid were also under way.
On December 2, 2021, DeSantis announced that as part of a $100 million funding proposal for the Florida National Guard, $3.5 million would be allocated to the reactivation of the Florida State Guard, a volunteer state defense force that has been inactive since 1947.
In June 2022, DeSantis decided against ordering COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, making Florida the only state not to preorder vaccines for that demographic. DeSantis opposes efforts to defund the police, and as governor has introduced initiatives to “fund the police”.