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Dana Perino Net Worth

$80 Million

Dana Marie Perino, popularly known as Dana Perino, is an American political commentator and author. As of 2024, Dana Perino’s net worth is $80 Million. She accumulated her net worth through her political career and salary at Fox News.

One of the co-hosts of “The Five” on Fox News Channel, she is the former White House, press secretary. She is also a contributor to the Fox News Channel’s political and election coverage teams and hosts a weekly political podcast with Chris Stirewalt, “I’ll Tell You What.” She served as White House Press Secretary for seven years under President George W. Bush, becoming the first Republican woman to hold the position.

She and her husband travelled to Fish Hoek, South Africa, the day after President Bush left office, to work at Living Hope, a faith-based organization that offers a variety of services to those living with HIV and AIDS. After her return, President Obama nominated her to serve on the Board of Governors of the Broadcasting Corporation. Her appointment was approved by the Senate in June of that year. With NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and CNBC presenter David Faber, she participated in “Jeopardy” in May 2012.

Her first job in Washington was working for Congressman Scott McInnis when she graduated from college (R-CO). She later served as Dan Schaefer’s press secretary (R-CO). In San Diego, she also worked for a public relations agency.

Dana Perino Wiki/Biography

Born on 9 May 1972, Dana Perino’s age is 51 Years Old as of 2024. She was born and raised in a well-settled family in Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, United States of America. She enjoyed her entire childhood in Evanston and is currently living in Bay Head, New Jersey.

She is an American by nationality and has a belief in the Christian religion. She is of white ethnic background and was born under the star sign of Taurus. She joined a native primary school for initial learning and then joined a reputed private junior school in Evanston for additional learning. She completed her early education at the Ponderosa High School, Denver, Colorado.

After that, she enrolled herself at the Colorado State University which awarded her a bachelor’s degree in mass communications with majors in political science and Spanish. After graduating from college, she worked for the school-based Rocky Mountain PBS affiliate station KTSC on campus. At KCCY-FM, she was a DJ from 2 to 6 a.m.

When she graduated from the University of Illinois Springfield, she went on to get a master’s degree in public affairs reporting (UIS). As a student at UIS, she worked as a daily reporter for WCIA, a CBS affiliate, covering the Illinois Capitol.

Parents, Siblings & Family

Dana Perino’s parents are Leo and Jan Perino. Dana Perino’s father’s name is Leo Perino who works in the camera and electrical department for filmmaking and her mother’s name is Jan Perino who is a homemaker. Her parents supported her throughout the journey in the politics.

She also has one sibling. She has a younger sister named Angie Perino who also works on Fox News as a political commentator and also on the Networks Talk Show called The Five as a co-host.

Husband, Children & Relationships

Dana Perino’s marital status is married at the moment of writing. In the year 1998, she married Peter McMahon who is a well-reputed American entrepreneur. As a top entrepreneur, he has worked with several international corporations. He has expertise in a wide range of areas, such as supply chain management, industrial relations, and retailing.

Aside from that, he serves as chief executive officer of the retail store firm “Shорko” based in Ashwaubenon in Wisconsin in the United States of America. She has two stepchildren from Peter’s previous marriages, a son called Barry and a daughter called Kelly.

Physical Appearance

Dana Perino has an attractive gorgeous personality with a beautiful look and trademark stylish personality. She is very serious about her fitness and to maintain her slim body type in such fine shape regularly gives attendance at the gym and is following a strict healthy diet plan. Perino has maintained a typical American gorgeous personality with a fine body measurement including 36 for breast, 25 for waist and 36 for hips in inches.

Perino has a beautiful glowing facial attribute including a dark brown pair of eyes, a fair skin tone, a well-curved face cut and stylish dark blonde long hair. Perino is standing at the height of 5 feet, 7 inches, which is similar to 1.70 meters and her body weight is somewhere around 54 kg or 119 pounds. Perino wears 7 US size shoes, 6 US size outfits and hasn’t inked a single tattoo on her body to date.

Career

Dana Perino started her career as an associate director of communications in the year 2002 for the White House CEQ. First, she worked as a staff assistant to Congressman Scott McInnis (R-CO), then served as the press secretary for Rep. Dan Schaer (R-CO), who was then chairman of House Commerce’s Energy and Power Committee, for over four years. Perino and her husband Peter McMahon relocated to Great Britain when Schaefer announced his retirement in 1998.

The Department of Justice offered her a job as a spokesman in November 2001, which she accepted and worked in for two years. On the White House staff, she served as the Associate Director of Communications for the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), where Perino advised the administration’s policymakers on message formulation, public outreach, and media relations.

Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) chairs the House Oversight Committee, which investigated climate change censorship and found that the CEQ had disproportionate influence over government scientific agency media relations throughout her tenure. Two months after the 11 September attacks, White House chief of staff Andy Card recruited Perino. In 2002, she was the White House CEQ’s assistant director of communications.

From 2005 to 2007, she worked as the White House’s Deputy Press Secretary. During Tony Snow’s treatment for colon cancer, she served as Acting White House Press Secretary from 27 March to 30 April 2007.

Perino took Snow’s position after Bush announced his resignation due to health concerns on 31 August 2007. Since then, the White House has been without a Secretary of State. From 14 September 2007 to the conclusion of the Bush administration in January 2009, she served as Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary.

A TV journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, hurled two shoes toward Bush at a news conference in Baghdad on 14 December 2008. A microphone stand wounded her eye amid the chaos preceding al-detention. Zaidi’s Bush managed to avoid both.

After leaving the White House, Perino became a Fox News political analyst. When The Five airs, she is a frequent co-host. President Barack Obama nominated her to serve on the Board of Governors for the Broadcasting Board of Governors in November 2009 and she was sworn in on 30 June 2010.

She began teaching at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management in 2010 as a part-time instructor. Although it was started in March 2011 that she had joined Random House’s Crown Forum imprint as Editorial Director, the post has since been vacant.

She & Stirewalt: I’ll Tell You What, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Chris Stirewalt, began on Fox News Channel on 18 September 2016. Since Stirewalt’s dismissal from NBC following the 2020 presidential election, a new episode has been published every week until then.

Dana Perino Net Worth Summary

As of 2024, Dana Perino’s net worth is $80 Million. She accumulated her net worth through her political career and salary at Fox News. The major part of her income came as salary with Fox News and her political career.

There are 5 real estate properties, 7 cars, and a luxury yacht owned by her. Over $9 million in cash reserves are also part of her Assets Portfolio. She also has an $8 million investment portfolio consisting of 12 stocks. In New York City, she lives in an 11,500-square-foot apartment. Dana Perino paid almost $16 million for his apartment, according to public records.

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