Donald Rumsfeld's Net Worth At The Time Of His Death Might Surprise You

As it turns out, Donald Rumsfeld's work in the private sector earned him quite a substantial living. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Rumsfeld was worth an approximated $200 million at the time of his death. Between his time serving as secretary of defense for Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, Rumsfeld was the CEO and chairman of G.D. Searle & Company, General Instrument Corporation, and Gilead Sciences, Inc., which developed a treatment for bird flu, per Celebrity Net Worth. In 2001, before becoming secretary of defense for President Bush, he estimated his net worth to be between $50 and $210 million. When he left the White House in 2006, Rumsfeld estimated his net worth to be $127 million.

Rumsfeld lived in the community of El Prado, located just outside of Taos, New Mexico, before his death and owned other properties in that area, according to Santa Fe New Mexican. In 2019, Realtor.com reported that Rumsfeld sold his vacation home in St. Michaels, Maryland, nicknamed "Mount Misery," for $2.45 million.