Kamala Harris Net Worth, Bio, Career & Husband

Kamala Harris Net Worth    $2 million

Kamala Harris is an attorney and politician who was selected by Joe Biden as a running mate for the 2020 United States presidential election. Together they won the election and she became the first female vice president of the United States of America.

She is also the first Asian American and the first African American to be picked as the vice presidential candidate of a major party. Since 2017, she has held the position of the junior U.S. Senator from California.

She serves on the Committee on the Budget, the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary.

An associate of the Democratic Party, Kamala is the second African-American woman and the first South Asian-American woman to serve as a United States senator in the country’s entire history. As a politician, Kamala Harris always attempted to adopt measures that encourage social progressiveness.

For instance, as district attorney of San Francisco, she was steadfast in her refusal to seek a death penalty for a man accused of killing an officer of the law as she is against capital punishment.

She is one of the very few people in politics that aim to reform the system from within instead of crusading from the outside.

Born to a black Stanford University professor and Tamil Indian physician mother, she grew up in a home that was intercultural and went ahead to become a lawyer as she was always interested in social justice. She ventured into politics following a successful legal career, and here’s Kamala Harris biography and career story.

Kamala Harris’ Early Life

Kamala Devi Harris was born in California, United States on October 20, 1964 to Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan Harris.

Her mother was a breast cancer scientist while her father worked at Stanford University as a professor of economics. Growing up, she was very close to her grandmother, an Indian diplomat named P. V. Gopolan.

Kamala and her younger sister attended both a black Baptist Church and a Hindu temple while growing up.

When she was seven, her parents separated, and she and her sister moved to Montreal, Québec, Canada with their mother where she attended Westmount High School.

She majored in economics and political science at Howard University in the United States, and also attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law where she earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from.

Kamala Harris’ Career

After graduating with a degree in political science and economics from Howard University, Kamala Harris enrolled in Hastings College where she earned a law degree in 1989.

From 1990 to 1998, she was employed in Oakland as a deputy district attorney. Her reign in the position earned her a reputation for strictness as she prosecuted cases of sexual abuse, gang violence, and drug trafficking.

She worked harder and climbed the ranks to become a district attorney in 2004. In 2010, she won the post of the attorney general of California narrowly and became the first African American and the first female to hold the post.

After taking office, Kamala Harris delivered a tremendous statement at the Democratic National Convention and raised her national profile in 2012.

On the campaign trail after declaring her candidacy, she called for criminal justice and immigration reforms, protection of women’s reproductive rights, and increases to the minimum wage.

She won the 2016 elections effortlessly and took office in January 2017. She then started serving on both the Judiciary Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence as well as other assignments.

In January 2019, she published her biography, ‘Truths We Hold an American Journey’, and subsequently announced her pursuit for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

She was considered one of the leading candidates until she dropped out of the race in September 2019 due to a lack of funds.

Harris was selected by Joe Biden as a running mate for the 2020 United States presidential election.

She became the first Asian American and the first African American to be picked as the vice presidential candidate of a major party.

Biden and Harris went on to win the 2020 United States presidential election. Harris has made history by becoming the first female VP of the United States.

Awards & Achievements

Kamala has been awarded a Thurgood marshal award by the national black prosecutors association. The Aspen Institute has named her ‘Rodel Fellow’ on the California district attorneys association board.

She has been listed among California’s top 75 women litigators by “women of power” and “the daily journal”.Harris has received honorary degrees from the University of Southern California and from Howard University.

Personal Life & Family

Harris and Douglas Emhoff have been married since August 2014. While they’re yet to have any children together, Douglas had two children from his previous marriage. Her only sister, named Maya Harris, is an MSNBC political analyst.

Kamala Harris was in a relationship with Willie Brown from 1994 to 1995. The then California Assembly Speaker was 30 years older than her and had separated from his wife during their relationship.

After a one-year period of being together, Harris ended the relationship and focused on her political aspirations. Now 58 years old, Kamala Harris weighs 59kg and has a height of 158cm.

Kamala Harris Net Worth

Most of Kamala’s wealth has been realized from her earnings via all the offices she has occupied in her political career. On Senate financial disclosure form in 2018, she mentioned that she and her husband had around $2.5 million and $5.8 million in assets. They detained the wealth mostly in mutual funds, along with retirement plans and bank accounts.

Kamala and Emhoff has assets that include homes in San Francisco, Washington, Los Angeles, and D.C., all worth an approximated $5.8 million before debt. They also have retirement accounts that reportedly worth at least $1.4 million, and two accounts tied to their law firms where her husband has worked, worth $1 million.

Kamala Harris net worth is said to be $2 million. She is widely respected and recognized as the first Asian American and the first African American to be picked as the vice presidential candidate of a major party.

Since 2017, she has held the position of the junior U.S. Senator from California. She serves on the Committee on the Budget, the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary.

An associate of the Democratic Party, Kamala is the second African-American woman and the first South Asian-American woman to serve as a United States senator in the country’s entire history. She has fought for the rights of her people while working as a lawyer and also now that she is active in politics.

Harris made history by becoming the first female Vice President of the United States in 2020.