Mary Kerry Kennedy was born on the 8th September 1959, in Boston, Massachusetts USA, and is a human rights activist probably best known for being the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. She is also recognized as the author of the book “Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest For Meaning” (2008). She is also a producer. Her career has been active since the early 1980s.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Kerry Kennedy is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Kerry’s net worth is over $10 million, as of late 2016, accumulated largely through her successful career as a human rights activist, as well as through her career in the entertainment industry as a producer and author.
Kerry Kennedy Net Worth $10 Million
Kerry Kennedy was raised with six siblings by her father, Robert F. Kennedy, a politician known for serving as the 64th US Attorney General, and her mother, Ethel Skakel Kennedy, a human rights activist; her siblings are Joseph Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maxwell Kennedy, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Robert Kennedy Jr., and Rory Kennedy – all of them well-known in the media. Also, she is the niece of the 35th President of the USA, John F. Kennedy. Both her father and her uncle were assassinated, in 1968 and 1963 respectively.She went to The Putney School, after which she attended both Brown University, where she earned her BA degree, and Boston College Law School, from which she graduated with a Juris Doctor degree.
Since 1981 she has dedicated her life fighting for basic human rights. In 1988 she was appointed as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization`s president, and is the honorary president of the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation of Europe, with headquarters in Florence, Italy. She has led human rights operations in several countries around the globe, including Kenya, Haiti, Ecuador, El Salvador, South Korea and Northern Ireland among others.
Thanks to the success as a human rights activist, Kerry appeared in numerous television shows aired on popular stations in the USA, including CBS, NBC, PBS, ABC and CNN, while also appeared on channels in other countries. Furthermore, has wrote for such magazines as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun- Times, The Boston Globe, and many other, which only increased her net worth.
For her dedication to civil and human rights, Kerry has received numerous awards, including, being named Woman of the Year for 2001 by Save the Children, Humanitarian of the Year Award given by the South Asian Media Awards foundation, and Eleanor Roosevelt Medal of Honor. Furthermore, she has been the recipient of awards from the American Jewish Congress of the Metropolitan Region, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Institute for the Italian American, for her continuous fight to make life easier for people of various cultures and financial situations.
If to talk about her personal life, Kerry Kennedy was married to Andrew Cuomo from 1990 to 2005; they are the parents of three daughters.
