Richard Grenell Net Worth, Age, Height, Wealth (Updated 2022)

Richard Allen Grenell, better known as Richard Grenell is a famous political counselor, media adviser and American diplomat. Richard has held several highly regarded positions in his career, like he was a spokesperson for the presidential contender Mitt Romney and served at the position of Acting Director of National Intelligence.

Former President Donald Trump also nominated Richard as the United States Ambassador to Germany. Furthermore, he functioned as an important negotiator in the Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations from 2019 to 2021. Besides, he was also appointed at Carnegie Mellon University as a Senior Academic. All of Richard’s hard work has resulted in his highly successful career. He has accumulated a huge net worth of $4.8 million, most of which comes from his consultancy firm and his career as a political advisor.

How Did Richard Grenell Become Rich?

Richard Grenell was born on September 18, 1966, in Jenison, Georgetown Township, Michigan, United States. As a child, he went to a local high school. Later, he went to Evangel University to do his graduation in Government and Public Administration. He then enrolled himself in Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he studied Public Administration for his post-graduation.

Richard began his career as a political advisor, he served many Republicans, like George Pataki and Dave Camp. Later in 2001, then-President George W. Bush elected him as the Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy. While serving in this role for seven years, he advised four U.S. Ambassadors. During his term, he also announced policies on issues of Terrorism, nuclear proliferation, global peacekeeping operations and others.

In 2009, he founded an international media consultancy, named Capitol Media Partners. The consultancy has offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Los Angeles. Simultaneously, he was also working with Fox News as a Contributor. In 2012, he was ranked one among the best five Republican counselors in social media. He was also the foreign policy representative for the 2012 Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. Richard has been an advocate for same-sex marriage and in 2013 was one of the major signatories in support of same-sex marriage.

In 2017, he was nominated to be the representative of the United States to Germany by then President Donald Trump. But this was delayed for a long time before he was finally administered the oath by the Vice President in May 2018.

Next year, Richard was leading the efforts made by President Trump’s administration in the decriminalization of homosexuality in nations where homosexuality was still considered a crime. The same year, Trump appointed him as a negotiator in Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations.

Next year, in 2020, he was appointed as the Acting Director of National Intelligence. However, he continued to serve as a special envoy part-time, while being the DNI full time.

After John Ratcliffe was substantiated at the position of Director of National Intelligence, Richard’s term as the Acting DNI came to an end in May 2020. In June of 2020, Richard was hired at Carnegie Mellon University. His position was merely for a year and was a non-teaching one.

Later in August of the same year, American Center For Law and Justice named him as their special counselor for National Security and Foreign Policy.

Richard is immensely successful and appreciated in his career. He has received the National Security Medal which is awarded to a person for their extraordinary contribution in the Intelligence field regarding the security of the United States. Richard earns a good sum of money from his successful career as an American diplomat, political advisor and media consultant.

His media consultancy brings him a good sum of money. In 2016, his consulting agency received over $100,000 from the Magyar Foundation of North America in exchange for assistance for the Government of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. Richard’s work as the Fox News Contributor also boosted his wealth, it is reported that he earned around $80,000 during his service of almost three and a half years. Furthermore, he has also written for numerous famous newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera and many others. All of this has rendered him a net worth of $4.8 million.

What Is Richard Grenell Net Worth?

Richard Grenell is a quite famous and successful name in America. He has built a wealthy life for himself

As of 2021, Richard’s net worth is estimated to be $4.8 million. He earns an impressive amount of money from his consultancy firms in different States. Furthermore, his career as a political advisor and American Diplomat has further boosted his net worth. Apart from this, Richard’s work as a Fox News Contributor has rendered him much fame and an impressive amount of wealth. Many of his political pieces have also been published in famous and highly acclaimed newspapers, which is sure to have earned him great money.

How Richard Grenell Spends His Money?

Richard enjoys a sufficiently comfortable and luxurious lifestyle with his family. He has a huge house in Palm Springs furnished with all the necessities and luxuries and also beautifully decorated. There are no exact details available about other aspects of his lifestyle but it is certain that he leads a luxurious life.

Interesting Facts

• Richard Grenell is gay. He has been with Matt Lashey for several years now.
• Grenell is the first-ever openly gay person who served as a spokesperson for a Republican presidential prospect.
• As soon as he was appointed as the Representative of United States in Germany, he offended the German Diplomats. His tweet stirred a huge controversy.
• In 2013, Richard was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma but later revealed that he was in remission.
• After surviving cancer, he started an app, along with his partner, Matt Lashey that helps chemotherapy patients in tracking their treatment and activities.
• Richard is a crazy dog-lover, in an interview he revealed that he never trusts anybody who says that they don’t like dogs.