Jon Ossoff Net Worth

What is Jon Ossoff's Net Worth?

Jon Ossoff is an American politician who has a net worth of $6 million. A member of the Democratic Party, Jon Ossoff was elected as a US senator from Georgia in early 2021; at the age of 33, he became the youngest member of the US Senate. Previously, from 2013 to 2021, he served as the manager and CEO of the London-based investigative documentary production company Insight: The World Investigates.

Financial Disclosures

Jon Ossoff's financial disclosures have produced a wide range of net worth estimates because members of Congress report their assets and liabilities in broad brackets rather than at exact values. When Ossoff ran for the U.S. Senate in 2020, his candidate disclosure indicated a net worth of between $2.3 million and $8.8 million. The largest listed asset was his ownership interest in Insight TWI, the documentary production company he operated before entering the Senate, which he valued at between $1 million and $5 million.

After taking office, Ossoff transferred his stock portfolio into the Thomas Jonathan Ossoff Qualified Blind Trust of 2021. A qualified blind trust is independently managed, meaning Ossoff generally does not receive information about individual purchases, sales, or holdings inside the account. The trust also makes it more difficult for the public to calculate his fortune because its underlying assets are no longer itemized on his annual disclosures.

Ossoff's most recent available annual disclosure valued the blind trust at between $1 million and $5 million. Other reported assets included as much as $100,000 in Fidelity Government Cash Reserves, up to $50,000 in a Wells Fargo account, and smaller investments in the Parnassus Core Equity Fund and Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF. An analysis of the filing estimated his net worth at roughly $3.2 million.

Early Life and Education

Thomas Jonathan Ossoff was born on February 16, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia to Heather and Richard. His mother was born in Australia and his father, an attorney and publisher, is of Eastern European Jewish descent. As a youth, Ossoff attended the private Paideia School in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta. During his time there, he interned for US representative John Lewis. Ossoff went on to attend Georgetown University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in culture and politics in 2009. He subsequently went to graduate school, obtaining a Master of Science in international political economy from the London School of Economics in 2013.

Career Beginnings

Having impressed US representative John Lewis when he interned for him during high school, Ossoff received a recommendation from Lewis to fellow US representative Hank Johnson. The recommendation secured Ossoff a position as Johnson's national security staffer and legislative assistant for foreign affairs and defense policy. He served in this role from 2007 to 2012.

Following his first forays into politics, Ossoff became the managing director and CEO of Insight: The World Investigates, a London-based television production company of investigative documentaries about political corruption around the world. He worked on such programs as "Living with Ebola," "Africa Investigates," "Justice!," and "Stacey Dooley Investigates." Ossoff led Insight: TWI from 2013 until he was elected to the US Senate in 2021.

Campaign for US House of Representatives

In early 2017, Ossoff announced his campaign for the US House of Representatives to fill the seat of Republican Tom Price in Georgia's 6th congressional district. Following the nonpartisan primary in which no candidate earned the requisite 50% of the vote, Ossoff went into a runoff election against Republican Karen Handel in mid-2017. He broke national fundraising records for a US House candidate during his campaign, raising over $55 million in total. However, in the runoff, Ossoff was narrowly defeated by Handel.

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Political Career: Ossoff spent five years working as a Congressional staffer for representative Hank Johnson.

US Senator

In 2020, Ossoff ran in and won the Democratic primary election for the US Senate. By the time of the general election, he had raised over $100 million for his campaign, breaking the national record for most amount of funds raised by a US Senate candidate. Ossoff trailed his Republican opponent, incumbent David Perdue, in the general election, but neither candidate received a majority vote and a runoff election was consequently triggered. In the runoff in early 2021, Ossoff defeated Perdue, on the same day Democrat Raphael Warnock was also elected to the US Senate from Georgia. This gave the Democrats a 50-50 Senate majority, with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaker. Ossoff became the youngest member of the Senate, at just shy of 34 years of age, as well as the first millennial US senator. He was also the first Jewish senator from Georgia to be elected to the US Senate.

Political Positions

Ossoff has been described as holding both progressive and moderate positions, being more progressive on women's rights and healthcare and more moderate on the economy and national security. He supports abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and legalized marijuana, but is opposed to universal healthcare, the Green New Deal, and defunding the police. Ossoff advocates for comprehensive immigration reform to both strengthen enforcement on the US-Mexico border and foster a pathway to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants.

Personal Life

In 2017, Ossoff married his long-time girlfriend Alisha Kramer, an obstetrics and gynecology resident at Emory University in Atlanta. They have two daughters together named Eva and Lila.

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