Many fans are curious about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s financial success in April 2026. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.
What is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s net worth?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is an American radio host, attorney, and activist who has a net worth of $20 million. Robert, like all members of the Kennedy family, is the beneficiary of a vast real estate and investment empire that was started by his grandfather, Joseph Kennedy. The exact size and value of the family trust is not known. In 1957, Fortune Magazine estimatedJoseph Kennedy's net worth at $200 – $400 million. That was enough to make him one of the15 richest people in the countryat the time. When Robert's uncle, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963, his net worth was $12 million. When Robert's father was assassinated in 1968, his net worth was $14 million. Both fortunes are equal to around $100 million in today's dollars after adjusting for inflation.
When he was 14 years old, his father was assassinated while running for president in the 1968 Democratic presidential primaries. He learned of the news while at school in Maryland and immediately flew to Los Angeles in order to visit his father, who was still alive but wounded. He arrived in time to be with his father at the time of his death and then served as a pallbearer at his funeral.
In 1987, Kennedy founded the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law and served as the clinic's supervising attorney and co-director for three decades. Through the clinic, Kennedy worked with law students on environmental issues, such as forcing wastewater treatment plants into compliance with the Clean Water Act. In a 2010 case, Pace's clinic forced ExxonMobil to clean up tens of millions of gallons of oil from refinery spills in Brooklyn, New York.
Kennedy began his career in 1983 as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. He then joined Hudson Riverkeeper in 1984 as an investigator and was promoted to senior attorney in 1985 after he was admitted to the New York bar.
Kennedy then attended Palfrey Street School in Massachusetts and then enrolled at Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in American History and Literature. He then enrolled at the University of Virginia, where he received his Juris Doctor degree, and then at Pace University, where he received a Master of Laws.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the son ofRobert F. Kennedyand nephew of former U.S. presidentJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy. His father, Bobby, was assassinated when Robert Jr. was 14. Robert Jr. is known for making a number of controversial public statements, including those related to the anti-vaccine community and other various conspiracy theories.
In 2000, Kennedy formed the environmental law firm of Kennedy &Madonna, LLP, along with fellow attorney Kevin Madonna. The firm focuses on environmental litigation cases. Some of the notable cases they have worked on include representing the Ramapough Mountain Indian Tribe against Ford Motor Company regarding the dumping of toxic waste on tribal lands. They also worked against DuPont in a case involving contamination from a DuPont zinc plant in West Virginia. For his work on the case, Kennedy was one of three finalists nominated as "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by Public Justice. In 2016, Kennedy joined the Morgan & Morgan P.A. law firm as counsel. Other issues that Kennedy has focused on in his legal career include representing poor and minority communities who bear the burden of environmental pollution, indigenous rights cases, and pollution caused by factory farming. He has also been an advocate for transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy and has been particularly critical of the oil industry.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born on January 17, 1954, in Washington, D.C. He is the third of eleven children ofEthel Kennedyand Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. He grew up both in McLean, Virginia, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where the family maintained homes. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland.
As we detail later in this article, Robert owns a home in LA's Brentwood neighborhood that is worth around $7 million and a property within his family's famous Hyannis Port compound, which is difficult to value since it likely would never be put up for sale. Robert and his wife, Cheryl Hines, previously owned a home in Malibu, which they sold to Kenny G's ex-wife for $6 million in 2017. Furthermore, according to a June 2023 financial disclosure, in the 12 months between April 2022 and April 2023, Robert earned $8 million, mostly from speaking fees and for providing legal consultation services.
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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
