Psaki is estimated to have a net worth of $2 million in 2023. In this article, we’ll discuss how she becomes the White House Press Secretary, her salary of $180,000 in 2021, as well as what we can learn from her successful career.
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Early Life
Jen Psaki was born Jennifer Rene Psaki on the 1st of December 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut. Her father was a real estate developer, and her mother was a psychotherapist. She has two sisters and is original of Greek Polish and Irish descent.
In 1996, Psaki graduated from Greenwich High School, then obtained a degree in English and Sociology from the College of William and Mary in 2000.
Beginning Career in Politics
After graduation, Psaki knew that she wanted to pursue a career in Politics. Her journey in politics began working on the Iowa campaign for Tom Harkin and Tom Vilsack in 2001. Then she participated in several states and national political campaigns.
Psaki worked as John Kerry’s deputy press secretary on his presidential campaign in 2004. Sadly, John Kerry lost the election that year. However, Psaki continued to progress her career within the demographic campaigns and served as communications director for Congressman Joseph Crowley from 2005 to 2006.
Deputy Press Secretary and Communications Director for the Obama Administration
In 2006, Psaki began to build up a working relationship with Barack Obama which made her become his traveling press secretary in the 2008 Obama presidential election campaign.
After two years working on the campaign, she worked as Barack Obama’s deputy press secretary. Then a year later, she was promoted to his deputy communications director.
In 2011, Psaki subsequently left Barack Obama’s administration to work as the senior vice president and managing director at the Global Strategy Group, a public relations firm that leads democratic campaigns.
Psaki returned as Obama’s press secretary for his 2012 re-election campaign. In 2013, Psaki was the spokesperson for the United States Department of State. In 2015, she began to work in the White House as communications director until the end of the Obama administration.
Press Secretary for the Biden Administration
When Barack Obama did not win the election back in 2017, Psaki then decided that it was time for a career change and left the White House to begin her new role as working as a Political Commentator for CNN.
She had completed this role for a while until 2020 when Joe Biden was elected president. Psaki then began to work with Joe Biden’s transition team. Here, her role involves overseeing the appointee confirmation process.
Because of her expertise in dealing with economic and foreign policy issues, and the good relationship she had built with Biden when Obama was the president, who was the vice president, Psaki was finally offered a job as the Press Secretary.
Jen Psaki Net Worth and Salary 2023
Jen Psaki is estimated to have a Net Worth of $2 million dollars as of 2023. Psaki’s career progression and very good salaries over the years all contributed towards her impressive net worth. It is evident that her role within the White House as a Press Secretary has greatly impacted her net worth.
The 2021 Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff shows that Psaki’s salary was $180,000 in 2021 for working as an assistant to the president and press secretary.
What Can We Learn From Jen Psaki
Know What You Want And Stick At It
From a young age, we can clearly see that Psaki is someone that knows exactly what she wants. As soon as she had finished her studies, she went to do the necessary means to get into politics. We see that almost instantly, Jen began working on the Iowa campaign and her career just continued to progress and progress from there.
The moral of this is to know from a young age exactly what you want. Keep focus and stick at it rather than delving into different ladders. Practice makes perfect, so the more you focus on one area and develop it, the more you will excel in it.
Stand Out From The Competition If You Want To Succeed
We see from numerous reports following Jen Psaki that she always stood out from the crowd to ‘get the job’ so to speak. She has a fiery and ambitious nature with the desire to win hence why Psaki is always finding herself in the winning seat when it comes to being employed.
The Director of Communications at the time when Barack Obama was president (Jennifer Palmieri) had done an interview with Politico at the time and explained as to why she felt that Jen Psaki was the best candidate for the role as his Press Secretary.
She said ” She is an ideal choice for them for a job that’s really hard to fill…” she then went onto say ” it’s hard to find someone that has credibility, the press likes, will mesh well with the White House staff and can speak about foreign policy and national security issues with a lot of credibility…”
Make Sure That The Public Trust and Like You
Psaki has been a remarkable candidate and has been very much well-liked by the public. Various positive tweets were always circulating from fans with regards to how well she worked and how much they liked her. This is very important when hiring someone to work for the White House. The public must like you and respect you.
This is why it was a no-brainer that she managed to get employed and kill off the competition very easily. If you are looking to increase your net worth and be in the public eye, always try to get the public on your side.
In an interview, she said that “If you act like you belong there, at a certain point, people will believe you.” This sentence she got from the former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
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