Born Vernon Gale Buchanan on the 8th May 1951 in Detroit, Michigan USA, he is a businessman and politician, a member of the Republican Party, best known to the world for serving as a representative of Florida’s 16th congressional district since 2007.

Have you ever wondered how rich Vern Buchanan is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Buchanan’s net worth is as high as $44 million, an amount earned through his successful careers.

Vern Buchanan Net Worth $44 Million

Vern is of part-Finnish ancestry since his maternal grandparents immigrated from the country to the USA. He grew up in Detroit with his five siblings. After high school matriculation, Vern enlisted into the Michigan Air National Guard where he spent the next six years. However, he was also focused on his education, attending Cleary University, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He didn’t stop there as he obtained a Masters’ degree in business administration from the University of Detroit.

Before he had any political aspirations, Vern used his knowledge in business to launch a career as a businessman. Back in 1976 he teamed up with an owner of a Michigan printing company and promised him that he would help develop his business. The two started the American Speedy Printing, and in no time the company opened over 730 stores in 44 states. Unfortunately, Vern’s business acumen wasn’t all legal, and as a result the firm went bankrupt, while he himself had to pay $1.5 million to Michigan Corporation Act.

Regardless, he continued his career as he bought a Honda and Acura dealership in Ocala, Florida, developed his career as a car salesman and expanded his kingdom to two more car dealerships. He was quite successful as a car salesman until 2005, when he decided to change his focus to politics and as a result, sold the majority in his car dealerships.

Aside from having success with car dealerships, Vern also has two reinsurance companies in his ownership, Jamat Reinsurance Co., and Buchanan Reinsurance Co., and used these companies to provide extended warranty policies to his car buyers.

His political aspirations began to appear in 2006 when he ran in the 13th congressional district in Florida to replace incumbent Republican Katherine Harris. Vern was the winner of Republican primaries, defeating his Republican opponents Nancy Detert, and Tramm Hudson. And in the general elections, Vern was put up against Christine Jennings, just winning with 50.08% of the votes.

Vern was sworn in as Representative for Florida’s 13th Congressional District on 3 January 2007 and since then has been re-elected three more times quite easily, although his position changed as he became the Representative for Florida’s 16th district, as there has been a change in numbering Florida’s districts.

Regarding his personal life, Vern has been married to Sandra since 1976, with whom he has two children.

Vern is also quite active in the community; he has supported numerous nonprofit organizations, including Boys and Girls Club, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, the American Heart Walk, the Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes and many more.

Rahul Gandhi was born on the 19th June 1970 in New Delhi, India, and is a politician probably best recognized for being the latest in the Gandhi political dynasty, the current Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. He is also known for being the Vice-President of the Indian National Congress party. His political career has been active since 2004.

So, have you wondered how rich Rahul Gandhi is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Rahul counts the total size of his net worth at the impressive amount of $100 million, accumulated largely through his successful involvement in the politics.

Rahul Gandhi Net Worth $100 Million

Rahul Gandhi was raised with his younger sister in a famous family by his father, the late Rajiv Gandhi, who was the Prime Minister of India, and his mother Sonia Gandhi, who is the current President of Indian National Congress Party; his grandmother was Indira Gandhi, who was the Prime Minister, too. Rahul is also the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, known for being India’s first Prime Minister. He went to St. Columba’s School, Delhi, after which he attended The Doon School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Soon, the family was forced to give him home-school education following the assassination of his grandmother Indira Gandhi in 1984.However, he enrolled at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi in 1989, and later transferred to Harvard University. In 1991, his father was killed by the Tamil Tigers (LTTE), so he transferred again to Rollins College in Florida, USA, from which he graduated with a BA degree in 1994. While in college, his real name was known only by security agencies and the university officials. In the following year, he earned his M.Ph. degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, and right after graduation, he started to work at the Monitor Group, a management consulting company in London, and in 2002, he became one of the directors of Backops Services Private Ltd., based in Mumbai.

Rahul’s political career began in March of 2004, when he ran to compete in the May 2004 Lok Sabha elections, India’s lower house of Parliament, as a member of the Indian National Congress political party from the constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. During that time, the seat was held by his mother, until he moved to the neighboring seat of Rae Bareilly. Although the Congress had only 10 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, Rahul won the elections and became a Member of Parliament for Amethi, which marked the beginning of an increase of his net worth. Alongside his sister Priyanka Gandhi, he managed their mother’s campaign for re-election in 2006, and they won with over 400,000 votes, so the Congress won 22 seats.

In the following year, Rahul was named General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, and he also became the Chairperson of the National Students Union of India and the Indian Youth Congress. He stayed in the position of General Secretary of the Indian National Congress until 2013, when he was selected for the position of the Vice-President of the party, which added a considerable amount to his net worth.

Most recently, Rahul appeared in the Indian general election in 2014 from the constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, but winning only 44 seats, so losing to Narendra Modi.

When it comes to speak about Rahul Gandhi’s personal life, there is no information about it in the media, although rumours abound of possible relationships.