Born as Cara Carleton Sneed on the 6th of September 1954, in Austin, Texas USA, she is known to the world Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and a politician. Over the course of her career, she was a CEO of the Hewlett-Packard Company from 1999 to 2006, becoming the first women CEO of the Top 20 ranked by magazine Fortune. Following her departure from HP, she dived into politics, which led to her eventually becoming a presidential candidate for the Republican Party at the 2016 election.
Have you ever wondered how rich Carly Fiorina is? According to sources, it is estimated that Carly`s overall net worth is $60 million, an amount acquired through her respective careers, but in adding to her net worth, Carly has also published several books, including her autobiography, “Tough Choices: A Memoir” (2006).
Carly Fiorina Net Worth $60 Million
Carly`s family moved a lot when she was in her early teens, and because of that, she changed schools several times, including one in Ghana, before graduating from the Charles E. Jordan High School, located in North Carolina. She then enrolled at Stanford University, from which she graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and medieval history. She also attended the UCLA Law School for one semester, before she dropped out, as she was hired as a real estate broker by Marcus & Millichap Inc. After that, she moved to Bologna, Italy, where she worked as an English tutor for two years, before she returned to USA. Regardless, these positions provided a solid base to her net worth.
Upon her arrival, she enrolled at University of Maryland, from where she graduated with an MBA in Marketing in 1980. To speak further of her education, she is also a holder of the Master of Science degree in Management, acquired under the Sloan Fellows program from the MIT Sloan School of Management(1989).
Carly`s net worth began to increase during the 1980s, as she was hired as an AT&T management trainee, and soon her role at the company began to grow, which led to Carly becoming the head of the company`s ventures in North America. With the beginning of the 1990s, her career and also her net worth gained another boost, as she was appointed as one of the presidents of the Lucent`s, one of the AT&T`s spin-off companies, consumers products sector. During her spell at Lucent, Carly increased company’s annual profit from $19 billion to $38 billion.
In 1999 Carly found another engagement in the IT business, as she succeeded Lewis Platt in the position of the CEO of Hewlitt-Packard, which increased her net worth to a large degree. She served as CEO until 2005, when she was forced to resign after a few internal arguments with the board members.Nevertheless, her time spent as CEO was highly profitable for the company, as its annual revenues doubled during her tenancy. Carly also benefited from the resignation, as she received compensation worth about $21 million.
After her departure from HP, Carly concentrated on her political career, working firstly as an advisor to John McCain in 2006, and in 2010 she stood as the U.S Senate Republican candidate in California, however she lost to Barbara Boxer of the Democratic Republic.
Her latest venture in politics sees Carly standing as the only female Republican candidate for the presidential election in 2016.
Over the course of her career, Carly has earned numerous accolades and recognitions: in 2003 she was named the most powerful women in business by Fortune magazine, in 2004 she earned a spot on the Time 100 ranking, as one of the most influential in the world at that time. Furthermore, she was also named tenth on the Forbes list of The World`s 100 Most Powerful Women.
When it comes to her personal life, Carly was married to Todd Bartlem(1977-84), and has been married to Frank Fiorina since 1984; the couple has no children. Carly received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2009, and underwent mastectomy later that year. Furthermore she received chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which led to Carly losing her hair. After the treatment, she received positive news- an excellent chance of a full recovery.
