{"id":3400,"date":"2024-11-27T21:02:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2024-11-27T21:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:02:51","slug":"trump-hhs-pick-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-wealth-comes-from-family-law-practice-oil-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3400","title":{"rendered":"Trump HHS Pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s Wealth Comes From Family, Law Practice, Oil, Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former presidential candidate <strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> has been selected by <strong>Donald Trump <\/strong>as his pick to lead the Department of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/government\/regulations\/24\/11\/41993115\/trump-taps-rfk-jr-for-health-secretary-role-sends-5-vaccine-stocks-lower\"> Health and Human Services (HHS).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at Kennedy&#8217;s wealth and investments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Trump announced many of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/education\/24\/11\/42204590\/trump-department-of-homeland-security-pick-kristi-noem-owns-ranch-invests-in-energy-gets-book-royalties\"> his likely nominations<\/a> for roles in his cabinet since winning the 2024 presidential election, with Kennedy one of the more well-known names selected.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy is known for many things including being an environmental lawyer, having an anti-vaccine stance and belonging to the famous Kennedy political family.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy is the son of <strong>Robert F. Kennedy <\/strong>and nephew of former President <strong>John F. Kennedy<\/strong>. The former president was one of the wealthiest of all time adjusted for inflation thanks to his father <strong>Joseph Kennedy<\/strong>&#8216;s banking and investing career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congress Is Making Huge Investments. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/gov-trades\/?utm_source=BZprocontent112724\"><strong>Get Tips On What They Bought And Sold Ahead Of The 2024 Election With Our Easy-to-Use Tool<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Kennedy&#8217;s Wealth and Investments: <\/strong>An estimate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chasewithorn\/2024\/11\/14\/heres-how-much-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-worth\/\">Forbes <\/a>values Kennedy with a wealth of $15 million, which includes his wife <strong>Cheryl Hines <\/strong>income from acting. Around $4 million of the wealth is estimated to have been inherited from the Kennedy family.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 disclosure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000018e-66dd-d570-adaf-e6ffcb4a0000\">filing <\/a>listed several sources of income for Kennedy including from his law firm, speaking engagements and consulting fees from a publisher. The biggest income listed was over $5 million from his own law firm made in the year reported on the disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy will be paid an annual salary of $246,400 if elected &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/entertainment\/24\/11\/42223923\/trump-hhs-pick-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-wealth-comes-from-family-law-practice-oil-bitcoin\" alt=\"Trump\" hhs pick robert f. kennedy jr. wealth comes from family law practice oil bitcoin>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been selected by Donald Trump as his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Here&#8217;s a look at Kennedy&#8217;s wealth and investments. What Happened: Trump announced many of his likely nominations for roles in his cabinet since winning the 2024 presidential election, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}