John F. Kennedy and George Washington were our two richest presidents by far.The Atlantic magazine took into account property, savings, salary, inheritance and royalties when calculating, in present dollars, how much each of the 43 men who have been president were worth at their peak. JFK, due to family money, was valued at a whopping $1 billion, whereas George Washington, who had massive land and slave holdings, checked in at $525 million.
Other presidents who topped the $100 million mark were Thomas Jefferson ($212 million), Teddy Roosevelt ($125 million), Andrew Jackson ($119 million) and James Madison ($101 million).
Barack Obama is currently worth $5 million. That number, however, will likely skyrocket when he leaves office.
Bill Clinton, for example, has already upped his net worth to $38 million -- and the big fella never even did that lucrative McDonald's ad campaign we all expected him to cash in on.


























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Saturday 29 May
By Nona
Does anyone else get the feeling that the sole purpose of this article was to call attention away from the enormous amount of money that the Obamas make on a yearly basis?
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Saturday 29 May
By mick1840
this is the worst president i have seen in the 70 years i have been alive, he has done nothing for this country except cause debt. an with this present oil spill watch out americans your going to be paying your azz off for that, mr obama will take care of that.
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Wednesday 02 June
By jen
Really? where've you been the last 8 - 9 years? Planet Moron?
Trillions in debt because of a false & failed invasion of an unarmed country leading to years of "war" and mysterious dissappearing funds to invested corporations, leading to financial disaster for the US....Helloooooo?
Notice the previous(appointed) president has been NOWHERE to be seen - how proud is he of his legacy??
Saturday 29 May
By srt
Mick, did you mind when Bush started a war that costs us one trillion dollars?
Monday 31 May
By mick1840
thank god we had bush to stop the terrorist i have notice we have had no more terrorist acts in the US yes it cost us but it was worth it. an a man died that killed 100 of thousands of people his name was sadam remember him thank bush. how u idiots forget
Wednesday 02 June
By halsbaby
From best selling books. Try reading & some Google.
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Saturday 29 May
By BILL
WELL WELL WELL,
IT FIGURES KENNEDY WAS RICH, BUT WASHINGTON
I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT..
BUT THEY SAY..B.H.O. IS WORTH A TON OF MONEY.
AND HE'LL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY
WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE IN 2012.
BUT IN THE EYES OF MANY HARD WORKING AMERICANS
HE'S WORTHLESS.
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Saturday 29 May
By Jeff
Still think Clinton should have done ads for stain remover products LOL
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Saturday 29 May
By jim
Liberals Are Nuts and 2 faced.
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Saturday 29 May
By Stan G
Jim, conservatives are usually uneducated, immature and have substance abuse problems. What are you drinking tonight?
Saturday 29 May
By Justice
Nona, compared to whom?
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Saturday 29 May
By MIKE
CHILI: I read somewhere both of them had to turn in their attorney licenses. they are no longer licensed attorneys.
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Saturday 29 May
By MTM
And all you liberal idiots thought it was a republican.
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Saturday 29 May
By mojo
why does a republican have to always go on line and spout about democratesgeorge bush piled up a ton of debt that it took clinton a couple of years to finally get america in the black. when clinton left office everything was o.k. a surplus of 4 trillion dollars. when junior took over that quicly vanished at the rate of 1 billion dollars a day to have our military in the war zones looking for sadam hussian who was quickly hungbut what little georgie still couldn't find osama bin laden in the 8 years he was in office. who benefited from all the money that was to bring the world right again it's halliburton who cheney appeared to be in a high position.who was getting all thiscash? daddy bush. in his first cabinet meeting put his hands on the table little georgie said i want sadan dead for embarressment he showed my daddy. president obama was not the kind of president that clinton was so it will take him a little longer to deciffer all the notes baby bush had stuffed all over the oval office. as for kennedy and washington kennedy's father was a bootlegger in fact every bottle of scotch sold around the world they still get a cut from the sales. washington was a slave owner from virginia who capitalized on free labor to stuff his pockets full of money. no human has ever been perfect except for Jesus
Saturday 29 May
By dasphx38
to be clear...are these figures during "their lifetime" amounts, or "today's" dollars? either way...I'll take some.
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Saturday 29 May
By MIKE
SRT: You are right, Bush should have done nothing and allowed more terrorism in our soil. The comments would have been then " Bush did nothing and the terrorists stroke again" Isn't that the job of our president, to keep us safe. Everybody wants the ggod part but are unwilling to pay the price.
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Saturday 29 May
By dov888
waas a bankrupt? yea, ur right, Hoss
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Saturday 29 May
By mojo
is this what they had before becoming president or after they left office?
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Saturday 29 May
By russ2boys
He has written several books based on academic research and constitutional law which require knowledge and surperior intellegence, somrthing that an idiot like you would not understand. Several of his books have been best sellers.there are many who generate income from there extraordinary talents and intellegence while other so called "small business owners" make money from being predators, taking advantage of the people who work for them. You are so hate filled that you have extreme tunnel vision.Get over it, President Obama is not going away; he is here to stay.
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Saturday 29 May
By Mike Gunter
This has got to be the DUMMIST generation that has existed in a lifetime. I guess when they take your cable, ipod,cell phone and computer you might wake up!
DO YOU EVEN REALISE that come January 2011 (thats this coming year)each of you will be having $150-$250 taken out of your paycheck every month for elderly care? The money will not be used for 10 yrs. A little surprise from your socialist health care funding.
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