Arnold Schwarzenegger Net Worth

Arnold Schwarzenegger net worth: Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, model, actor, businessman, and politician with a net worth of $300 million. Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in the tiny village of Thal, Austria where his father Gustav was the local chief of police. In 1960, Schwarzenegger's football coach took him to the local gym where he picked up his first barbell and by the age of fourteen Schwarzenegger decided he wanted to become a professional bodybuilder. His father wanted Schwarzenegger to become a police officer and his mother wanted for him to attend a trade school but the Arnold knew he was destined for body building greatness. When Arnold wasn't in the gym pumping iron, he could be found in the local movie houses watching his bodybuilding heroes on the big screen. One his biggest influences was bodybuilder Steve Reeves. Steve Reeves was Mr. Universe in 1950 and later went on to have a successful film career.

In 1965, Arnold Schwarzenegger won the Junior Mr. Europe Contest. In 1967, at the age of 20 he became the youngest person to win the Mr. Universe title. Arnold would go on to win the title three more times. Even with all of his success as a bodybuilder, Schwarzenegger still found time to attend business school in his spare time.

In September 1968, at the age of 21, Schwarzenegger to America where he began training at Gold's Gym in Los Angeles. In 1970, he was awarded his first "Mr. Olympia" title which he would go on to win several more times during his career. After winning Mr. Olympia, Arnold was given his first big break in the film business when he was cast in the feature film "Hercules in New York". Arnold's fame became even more well known in 1977 after the release of the bodybuilding documentary "Pumping Iron". His fame continued to grow with movies like "Conan the Barbarian" but his career didn't really take off until he was cast in the 1984 blockbuster "The Terminator". After Terminator Arnold's career was launched into the stratosphere. He followed up with hits like "The Running Man", "Red Heat", and "The Predator". He even dabbled in comedy with Ivan Reitman's 1988 film "Twins" which co-starred Danny Devito. The trio would go onto reunite in the film "Junior". In the 1990′s he returned to his role of the Terminator with his friend and director James Cameron. The two would even go on to even more success with "True Lies". Schwarzenegger rounded out the 90′s with movies like "Last action Hero", 1996′s "Eraser", and finally "Batman and Robin".

Schwarzenegger has been a long time member of the Republican Party. He even appeared at the 2004 National Republican convention making a speech on why he became a republican. In 2003 he shocked the nation when he announced on "The Tonight Show" that he was running for Governor of California. Arnold served as Governor from 2003-2010.

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