Florida Governor DeSantis’ net worth exceeds $1.7 million after presidential run and book sales | Tampa

July 1, 2024

Florida Governor DeSantis’ net worth exceeds .7 million after presidential run and book sales | Tampa

click to enlarge Day one of Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center on July 22, 2022. - Photo by Dave Decker

Photo by Dave Decker

Day one of Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center on July 22, 2022.

Governor Ron DeSantis’ net worth rose more than 50 percent last year as he ran for president and padded his bank account with book sales.

DeSantis had a net worth of $1,773,157 as of Dec. 31, compared to $1,174,331 a year earlier, according to a financial report posted Friday on the Florida Commission on Ethics website.

DeSantis’ finances have received a boost from his 2023 book, “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival.” DeSantis received $625,500 in 2023 from HarperCollins Publishers LLC, which paid him $1.25 million in 2022.

He also received $160,000 in 2023 from Premiere Collectibles Books, which offers signed copies of the book for $35 or in a “deluxe collector’s set” for $50. The book debuted as a bestseller on the New York Times and Amazon lists when it was released in February 2023.

State officials must file financial disclosure forms listing income, assets and liabilities by July 1 each year. Generally, the forms contain financial information from the end of the previous year.

Before the book deal, DeSantis reported a net worth of $318,986 in 2021. In addition to income from the book, DeSantis’ new report shows an increase in checking and savings accounts.

At the end of 2023, DeSantis had $351,078 in checking and savings accounts at USAA, nearly $1.26 million in a savings account at Interactive Brokers, $95,592 in a Thrift Savings Plan, a type of retirement and investment plan, and $84,196 in the Florida Retirement System.

A year earlier, he reported $1.046 million in USAA accounts, $91,719 in the Thrift Savings Plan and $54,720 in the Florida Retirement System. Because he and his family live in the governor’s mansion, DeSantis did not report any real estate holdings in 2023.

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