Robert Gates net worth
Robert Gates Net Worth: Robert Gates is a retired civil servant and college president with a net worth of $5 million. Robert Michael Gates, born September 25, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas, is best known for serving as the 22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011.Long before becoming head of the Department of Defense, Gates was at the College of William and Mary (BA, 1965) before earning a master’s degree
Studied at Indiana University in 1966. That same year, he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). After leaving the CIA, Gates took the chancellorship of Texas A&M University and sat on several corporate boards. In addition, Gates was a member of the Iraq Research Group, which thoroughly studied the Iraq War. Despite being the first choice to be the first Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Gates turned down the appointment to remain president of Texas A&M University. On November 8, 2006, he took over from Donald Rumsfeld and accepted the nomination for Secretary of Defense. He served as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama’s administration until his retirement in 2011. Robert Gates was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award by a U.S. president, by President Obama during his retirement ceremony.
