Ben Nelson net worth
Ben Nelson Net Worth: Ben Nelson is an American politician who has a net worth of $12 million. Earl Benjamin Nelson, born May 17, 1941, in McCook, Nebraska, was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska who served from 2001 to 2013. After earning his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1970, he found a job as assistant general counsel for the Central National Insurance Group in Omaha.
Over the years, he made his name and money in the insurance industry before eventually entering politics. He first got himself into politics in 1990 when he was elected as Governor of Nebraska. After he was elected in 1994, Nelson found himself fleeing to an open seat in the U.S. Senate in 1996 to the Republic incumbent Chuck Hagel. In January 1999, he decided to leave the Governor’s Office after serving two full terms due to term limits. Ben Nelson got elected to the US Senate in the 2000 election once occupant Bob Kerrey retired. He was succeeded by Republican Deb Fischer after announcing on December 27, 2011 that he would not seek a third Senate term in 2012.
