Background
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born on 17 January 1954 in Washington, D.C., the third child of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy. He practised environmental law for decades, ran for president in 2024, and became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
What the Disclosure Shows
Because he holds federal office, Kennedy files a public financial disclosure. That makes his finances unusually legible: the filing puts his net worth in a band between 8.6 million and 33.4 million dollars (Forbes).
The components are itemised. He received a payout of nearly 9 million dollars from his law firm on resigning; expects between 2 million and 4 million for two books; reported 856,559 dollars in referral fees from the firm Wisner Baum; and drew 326,056 dollars in salary and benefits from the non-profit Children’s Health Defense (Forbes, OpenSecrets).
Property and Liabilities
He and his wife, the actress Cheryl Hines, own a Los Angeles home reported at around 7 million dollars and a six-bedroom property valued near 3 million at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port. He also disclosed equity of between 1.75 million and 6.5 million dollars in a Chicago development (Forbes).
The disclosure also records something most wealth profiles never see: credit card balances of between 610,000 and 1.2 million dollars, carrying interest rates above 23 per cent (CNBC). It is a reminder that a large asset column and expensive short-term debt regularly sit on the same page.
How the Estimate Is Calculated
Documented. Almost all of it, which is rare here. The disclosure band of 8.6 to 33.4 million dollars, the roughly 9 million law firm payout, 856,559 in referral fees, 326,056 from Children’s Health Defense, the 2 to 4 million in expected book income, and the credit card balances at 23 per cent (Forbes, CNBC, OpenSecrets).
Why the band is so wide. Congressional disclosure forms report assets in ranges rather than exact amounts, which is why the official figure spans nearly 25 million dollars. That is a feature of the form, not uncertainty about the man.
Not verifiable. The Kennedy family trust income, which is not itemised in his personal filing; and the current market value of the two properties.
Why this range. It is the disclosure’s own band, narrowed slightly towards the middle where the itemised components support it. Where a public filing exists, this site uses it in preference to any external estimate.
Estimated Net Worth
$10 Million – $30 Million