Boris Johnson net worth
What is Boris Johnson’s net worth?
Boris Johnson is a British politician who has a net worth of $2 million. In July 2019, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Boris as prime minister after Theresa May resigned as prime minister due to party defeat. Johnson previously served as mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He is the second prime minister in British history to be born outside the British Isles. He was born in New York City.
In October 2019, Parliament was dissolved and new elections were held. Boris was re-elected on December 12, 2019, with his Conservative Party winning the largest majority in 30 years.
Early life and news
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born in New York, NY in June 1964. He is a graduate of Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford University. Boris started his career as a journalist. He has worked for The Times and The Daily Telegraph. From 1994 he was assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph and then editor of The Spectator from 1999 to 2005.
politics
Johnson’s first political office came in 2001, when he was elected MP for Henry. Johnson, a member of the Conservative Party, wrote books and made regular television appearances while in the Commons. He was briefly Shadow Minister for the Arts in 2004 and Shadow Minister for Higher Education from 2005 to 2007.
In 2008, he defeated Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone to become mayor of London.
He oversaw the 2012 London Olympics and banned alcohol on public transport. In 2012, Johnson was re-elected, again beating Ken Livingstone.
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financial
In the year before he became prime minister, Boris earned about $1 million, of which $450,000 came from his salary writing a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph. After becoming prime minister, he had to give up the job. He has also previously been able to conduct lucrative speaking engagements, where he can pay up to $200,000 per presentation.
His annual salary as prime minister is equivalent to $220,000.
Boris has reportedly complained privately about his finances during his tenure as prime minister. He reportedly lost most of his fortune in 2018 following his divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years, Marina Wheeler.
Boris is expected to make a fortune from speaking fees after he leaves the prime minister’s office.
personal life
From 1987 to 1993, Boris was married to Allegra Mostyn-Irwin, the daughter of the renowned art historian and Italian author.
Boris married Marina Wheeler just 12 days after her divorce from Allegra. They separated in 2018.
In 2021, he will marry Carrie Symonds.
Boris has six children, four from his relationship with Wheeler, one from an affair and one from Carrie Johansson. For most of his life, he held dual American and British citizenship. He renounced his US citizenship in 2016 to show his allegiance to Britain.
real estate
When he was with Marina Wheeler, the couple owned an impressive mansion in London’s Islington borough. They sold the property in 2019 for the equivalent of $4.6 million as part of their divorce.
Even after the divorce, Boris still owns a cottage in Oxfordshire, which he rents out for $6 to $7,000 a month.
He also continues to own a 20% stake in his family’s long-standing property in remote Exmoor.
After marrying Carrie in 2021, the couple bought a south London home for $1.65 million.
