Albert Einstein's Net Worth as of 2024
$1 Million

Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879, in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, of Jewish descent. Albert is one of the most well-known scientists in history, particularly revered for his work on the formula E=mc2 which is for mass-energy equivalence. He also developed the theory of relativity which has been responsible for multiple break-throughs in physics. Aside from these, Albert was one of the main reasons for the start the Manhattan Project as a response from the World War 2 Allies to creating new and powerful bombs. His efforts helped raise his net worth in his life.

How rich was Albert Einstein? As of early-2016, sources estimate that his net worth was at $1 million mostly earned through the success he had working on his passion for science. Albert was a Nobel Prize winner and published more than 300 papers on his scientific work, not including his non-scientific work that amounts to 150 papers. His continued pursuit of knowledge ensured his wealth.

Albert Einstein Net Worth $1 Million

After his father’s company failed to make a profit, Albert and the family moved to Milan and then Pavia, Italy. By 1895, he took exams for entry into the Swiss Federal Polytechnic but since he failed the standards (except for physics and math), he was sent to Argovian cantonal school. At the age of 17, Einstein enrolled in a math and physics teaching program which he completed by 1900; meantime, he had also renounced his German citizenship to avoid being part of the German army. After graduating, Albert couldn’t find a teaching post, and instead got a job in a patent office in Bern. During his time there, he examined a variety of patents that focused on electrical and mechanical machines, which helped fuel his thoughts on science and philosophy. Around this period, Einstein was also becoming known in academia thanks to his published works, and in 1905 he was awarded his PhD by the University of Zurich thanks to his thesis entitled “A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions”.

He continued his work, publishing papers on various scientific topics which brought him to prominence when 26 years old. By 1911, Einstein had become a full professor and also obtained Austrian citizenship. He continued to teach and publish, eventually returning to Germany to be part and head of many physics and science institutions in the country. He worked on a new theory of relativity that was proven in 1919 and would later earn him the Nobel Prize in Physics.

The following years Einstein would travel the world, visiting the US, then London, Singapore, Japan, and Palestine. writing about most of the places he visited and how the people were in each country. He returned to the US in 1930 to be greeted by crowds, events and high profile names in the country. This also led to Einstein befriending Charlie Chaplin, plus Upton Sinclair, and a few other politicians and celebrities. By 1933, on a visit once again to the United States, he knew that he could not return to Germany with the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. Because of this, he renounced his German citizenship which he had re-adopted in 1914, and became a refugee in the United States, eventually becoming a US citizen in 1940. He continued his work, and despite disapproving the development of nuclear weapons, he refuted any violence and became outspoken about his pacifism.

In his personal life, Einstein was married to Mileva Maric and they had a daughter before their marriage, though information about what happened to their child is shrouded in mystery. Their marriage happened in 1903 and they then had two sons, but eventually separated and divorced by 1919. He then married Elsa Lowenthal in the same year, and was married to her until her death in 1936. During 1955, Einstein was sent to Princeton Hospital due to internal bleeding caused by a rupture of an aneurysm. He decided that artificially prolonging his life was no longer necessary and he refused surgery. He died at the age of 76 years old and while his remains were cremated, the pathologist took Einstein’s brain to be preserved and studied by future generations.