Caroline Kennedy, President Barack Obama’s nominee as ambassador to Japan, is worth between $67 million and $278 million, according to personal financial- disclosure reports.
Kennedy and her husband’s assets include family trusts; government and public authority bonds; commercial property in New York, Chicago and Washington; and holdings in the Cayman Islands, according to statements posted on the U.S. Office of Government Ethics website. As is standard for public officials and nominees, Kennedy listed her holdings in broad ranges.
Obama announced July 24 that he would nominate Kennedy, 55, as ambassador to Japan. She awaits Senate confirmation and would be the first woman to serve in that post.
Kennedy gave Obama an early lift in his 2008 campaign, writing an essay in the New York Times comparing him with her father, President John F. Kennedy, and endorsing him at a rally with her uncle, the late Senator Edward Kennedy, in Washington before the biggest primary day, Super Tuesday. She also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention that renominated Obama.
Kennedy’s 60-page filing listed eight Cayman Island partnerships, with a combined value ranging from $542,000 to $1.2 million. They’re listed as Blackstone Capital Partners.
Banking Accounts
She cites multiple accounts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as well as a Goldman Sachs individual retirement account worth between $100,000 and $250,000.
The filing showed between $750,000 and $1.5 million in oil and gas leases. She said she would sell some investment funds, including one from Goldman Sachs, if confirmed.
Other holdings include property on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. She has listed part of it, two waterfront parcels in the town of Aquinnah, for sale for a total of $45 million.
She received $437,500 for her work on the book, “Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy,” and $325,000 in speaking fees.