Andrew Gillum Net Worth 2024: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

Andrew Gillum is a well known American politician. He was first elected when he was very young at the age of 23 as a Tallahassee City Commissioner from 2003 to 2014. He was also elected as the 126^th mayor of Tallahassee Florida between 2014 and 2018. In 2018 he was nominated by Florida Democratic Party for governor seat but unfortunately, he lost to the Republican representative Ron DeSantis.

Maybe you know about Andrew Gillum very well but do you know how old and tall is he and what is his net worth in 2024? If you do not know, we have prepared this article about details of Andrew Gillum’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.

Early Life & Biography

Andrew Gillum was born on 26^th July 1979 at Miami Florida in the USA. His parents are father Charles Gillum and mother Frances Gillum. His father was a construction worker while his mother a school bus driver. He was the fifth born out of seven siblings who he has not disclosed. They were brought up in Gainesville where he schooled and later graduated at Gainesville high school.

He later went to Tallahassee and attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and it’s here that his leadership qualities were noticed and made the president to represent the students. He was lucky to be the first student to be in the Trustees board of FAMU where he served from 2001 to 2002. He had not completed his college studies where he was elected as a board member of the Black Youth Vote coalition. It is the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation that recognized his leadership qualities.

Personal Life

Andrew Gillum is married to his wife R. Jai Howard. They met when he was still a student at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. They got married in 2009 and are blessed with three children namely Caroline Jackson and Davis. Caroline and Jackson are twins while Davis is the last born.

Gillum was involved with a controversy of drugs which led to him losing the Florida gubernatorial seat of 2018. On 13^th March 2020, Gillum and his two other friends were found at Miami beach in a hotel room and were found with plastic buggies that were suspected to be full of crystal meth. At first, Andrew Gillum didn’t cooperate with the officers but later 16^th march 2020 he accepted to go to a rehabilitation center and fight with alcoholism.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 26 July 1979, Andrew Gillum is 44 years old as of today’s date 19th April 2024. His height is 6 feet 3 inches tall, and his weight is 81kg.

Career

Andrew Gillum is an American politician. He started back his career back in 2003 when he was elected as the Tallahassee city commissioner when he was still a student at 23 years. He has involved himself a lot with leadership as he was mostly elected to represent various groups. In 2005 he was a mayor for one year.

In the same year, he was elected to be the chairperson of the Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency. In 2014 he was elected as the mayor of Tallahassee. In 2018 he was nominated to represent the Democratic party to compete with Ron DeSantis of the Republican.

His political powers have enabled him to mobilize the youths to participate in general elections as he was a former National Director of the young elected officials. Here Andrew Gillum was the field organizer.

Awards & Achievements

Gillum has had many achievements in life. He was named a student representative when he was a student at FAMU. While still a student his leadership quality was recognized by the National Center and was one of the board members of the trustee the only student. Again he was recognized as a fast truck leader below thirty years by the Ebony magazine in 2004. He was nominated to represent the Florida Democratic Party to represent them in the gubernatorial race. In 2010 the Essence Magazine named him as the emerging leader of the year.

Net Worth & Salary of Andrew Gillum in 2024

Andrew Gullun earns his income through his political involvement. He also earns part of his income from consultation work. He is one of the youngest politicians in the US and is well paid. As a mayor yearly salary is over $79, 000. From the consultation works, he earns about $71680. He also owns a Carisbrooke lane house, which is worth $462 000 with compensation of $81989. His saving accounts total to three, each having a balance of $70 000. As of April 2024, His net worth is  $500 Thousand.

Andrew Gillum is one of the youngest American politicians. His ability to lead when he was still in school earned him a lot of advantage to who he is now, a politician. He has not involved himself with a lot of controversies, and when he was once involved, he accepted to go for rehabilitation and later continued with his career. He is also known for mobilizing young people to be actively involved in the electoral process.