Year 2000 he earned 7M Speaking + 6M Book = 13M.
2001 he was worth 28M. Implying he earned 15M prior to 2000. All while in public service? Those numbers don't track well. Unless his NPO was actually generating big profits. Everyone here is now familiar with these so called "Non-Profit" organizations.
1997, Powell founded America's Promise Alliance, the country's biggest cross-sector alliance of non-profit organizations
Colin Powell Net Worth:
$60 Million
What was Colin Powell's net worth?
Colin Powell was an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army who had a net worth $60 million at the time of his death in October 2021. Colin Powell served as the United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005 – the first Africa-American to do so. Before this, he served as the National Security Advisor and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the late 80s to the early 90s. Powell's term as Secretary of State under George W. Bush was incredibly controversial, owing to his false justification of the 2003 Iraq War.
Entrepreneurship
In 1997, Powell founded America's Promise Alliance, the country's biggest cross-sector alliance of non-profit organizations, businesses, and government groups committed to bettering the lives of young people.
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