Dianne Feinstein Net Worth

Dianne Feinstein Net Worth: $90 Million

What is Dianne Feinstein’s net worth?

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is an American politician with a net worth of $90 million. She serves as the senior United States senator from California. Dianne Feinstein has held the seat of California senator from 1992. Before being elected California’s senator, she was the mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. She is a member of the democratic party.  

According to Dianne Feinstein’s wealth disclosures over the years, her minimum net worth is $58 million and her maximum net worth $110 million. Roughly $50 million of Dianne’s net worth is attributed to a stake in Carlton Hotel Properties. The company most notably owns San Francisco’s Hotel Carlton. 

Dianne Feinstein also reportedly holds between $5 million and $25 million in savings at First Republic Bank. The rest of her net worth is attributable to personal real estate assets and a diverse stock portfolio. Dianne Feinstein and her husband Richard Blum own at least $30 million worth of real estate around the country.

Summary

• Net worth: $90 Million
• Full Name: Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein
• Date of birth: June 22, 1933, 88 years
• Gender: Female
• Birth Place: San Francisco, California, U.S.
• Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78m)
• Profession: American politician
• Nationality: United States of America

KEY FACTS

• Is America’s first female Jewish senator
• Was ranked as the fifth-wealthiest senator in the United States
• Set the record of the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election history by winning the election with 7.75 million votes

Early Life

Dianne Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco to Leon Goldman, a surgeon, and his wife Betty, a former model. Feinstein’s paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland while her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were a Jewish family from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Although her maternal grandparents were of German-Jewish ancestry, they practiced the Russian Orthodox Christian faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. As a result, Christianity was passed down to Feinstein’s mother, who insisted on Feinstein’s transfer from a Jewish day school to a prestigious local Catholic school. That said, Feinstein lists her religion as Judaism. She graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in 1951. She went to Stanford, where she graduated in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in history.

Career

Early political career

Dianne Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco from 1955 to 1956. She went on to work in the local government in San Francisco. From 1960 to 1966, Feinstein was appointed by Governor Pat Brown to serve on the California Women’s Parole Board. From 1970 to 1978, Feinstein served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She was elected president of the board in 1978. 

In 1971 and 1975, Feinstein unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco. In the 1970s, she became a target of the New World Liberation Front terrorist group when they left a bomb on a windowsill at her home. The bomb failed to detonate because the temperature dropped below freezing that night. The group later decided to shoot out the windows of Feinstein’s beach house.

Mayor of San Francisco

In 1978, San Francisco Mayor and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former Board of Supervisors member Dan White. As a result, Dianne Feinstein became acting Mayor of San Francisco as she was the president of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors then voted in favor of appointing Feinstein as Mayor. She was inaugurated on December 4, 1978. 

One of Feinstein’s first challenges as mayor was San Francisco’s cable car system, which had been shut down for emergency repairs. With federal help, Dianne Feinstein was instrumental in securing funding of about $60 million needed for repairing the bulk of the cable car system. Feinstein also oversaw policies to increase the number of high-rise buildings in San Francisco.  

In 1982, Feinstein angered San Francisco’s large gay community by vetoing domestic partner legislation. In 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and the White Panther Party tried to remove her from office. However, she won the recall election and finished her second term as Mayor of San Francisco in 1988. 

Gubernatorial election

In 1990, Feinstein unsuccessfully ran for governor of California. Although she won the Democratic Party’s nomination, she lost the general election to Republican Senator Pete Wilson. 

U.S. Senate career 

Republican Senator Pete Wilson resigned from the Senate to assume the governorship. As a result, a special election was held to fill Wilson’s seat. Dianne won the election and took office in November 1992. She became California’s senior senator and America’s first female Jewish senator. 

Dianne Feinstein has been in office since1992. She has been re-elected five times. In 2012, she set the record of the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election history. She won the election with 7.75 million votes. She became the first Democrat to get more than 5 million votes in a Senate race. 

During her time in the senate, Dianne Feinstein has sponsored more than 60 bills. She has served as the Senate Narcotics Caucus and Chair of the Senate Rules Committee as well as the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Books by Dianne Feinstein

Personal Life

Dianne Feinstein has been married three times. In 1956, she married Jack Berman, who was then working in the San Francisco District Attorney’s office. Feinstein and Berman divorced three years later. They had one daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano, who was the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for 12 years. In 1962, Feinstein married her second husband, neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, shortly after beginning her career in politics. Bertram died of colon cancer in 1978. In 1980, Feinstein married Richard C. Blum, an investment banker.

In 2017, Feinstein had an artificial cardiac pacemaker inserted at George Washington University Hospital. There was concern about her ability to continue performing her job, but she said that there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate.

Earning Highlights

In 2003, Feinstein was ranked as the fifth-wealthiest senator in the United States with a net worth of $26 million. Her net worth increased to $99 million by 2005. 

Real Estate

In 2006, Feinstein and Blum paid $16.5 million for a 9,500 square foot mansion in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco. Dianne and Richard also purchased a house in Washington, D.C.’s Spring Valley neighborhood for close to $6 million in 2001, and they built a $7.4 million home in Aspen, Colorado.

Dianne Feinstein net worth

Dianne Feinstein has a net worth of $90 million. She has served as California’s senior senator since 1992.

Senator Dianne Feinstein Office Address

United States Senate
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Senator Dianne Feinstein Office Phone Number

Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
TTY/TDD: (202) 224-2501

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