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Jenny Sanford (Jennifer Sullivan) was born on 11 September, 1962 in Winnetka, Illinois, U.S., is an American businesswoman (born 1962). Discover Jenny Sanford's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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Jennifer Sullivan |
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Age |
61 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
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11 September, 1962 |
Birthday |
11 September |
Birthplace |
Winnetka, Illinois, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States
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She is a member of famous businesswoman with the age 61 years old group.
Jenny Sanford Height, Weight & Measurements
At 61 years old, Jenny Sanford height not available right now. We will update Jenny Sanford's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Jenny Sanford's Husband?
Her husband is Mark Sanford (m. 1989-2010)
Andrew McKay (m. 2018)
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Mark Sanford (m. 1989-2010)
Andrew McKay (m. 2018) |
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4 |
Jenny Sanford Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jenny Sanford worth at the age of 61 years old? Jenny Sanford’s income source is mostly from being a successful businesswoman. She is from United States. We have estimated Jenny Sanford's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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businesswoman |
Jenny Sanford Social Network
Timeline
Jennifer Sullivan Sanford (born September 11, 1962) is the former First Lady of South Carolina and a former investment banker.
She is the second of five children born to an Irish Catholic family.
Sanford's family was prominent in the area.
Her great-grandfather, Joseph W. Sullivan, co-founded Skil Corporation, which manufactured the first portable electric saw.
Her uncle and another grandfather, both lawyers, headed the Winston and Strawn law firm.
Sanford also is the niece of Anne Reynolds Skakel, who was the wife of Rushton Skakel, who in turn is the brother of Ethel Kennedy.
Sanford attended Woodlands Academy, an all-girls Catholic school in Lake Forest, Illinois.
She earned a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1984.
From 1984 until 1990, Sanford worked at Lazard Freres & Company, an investment bank based in New York City She eventually became a vice president in the firm's mergers and acquisitions group.
Sanford has long been rumored as a potential candidate for office in her own right.
Following Senator Jim DeMint's resignation announcement, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, whose gubernatorial run Sanford had supported, included her on the shortlist of potential appointees to fill DeMint's vacant seat.
After Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott instead, both Jenny Sanford and Mark Sanford were mentioned as potential candidates for Scott's vacant house seat.
The couple married in 1989 and had four sons.
It was not until the couple's second son was born that Mark Sanford announced his entry into politics.
She later told The Greenville News, "It was quite a surprise to me. When he told me, I was in the hospital, and we had just delivered our second son. So we had a 15-month-old and a newborn, and he says to me, ‘I’m going to run for Congress.’"
In 1994, she managed her husband's successful campaign for the United States House of Representatives, as well as his successful campaign for Governor of South Carolina in 2002.
Sanford also acted as her husband's advisor while he was in Congress.
In 2005, she launched the Healthy South Carolina Challenge, an initiative to reduce the incidence of chronic preventable disease.
She serves on the boards of several non-profits, including the Hollings Cancer Center, the Drayton Hall historical property in Charleston, the Coastal Community Foundation and the Children's Hospital Advisory Fund.
According to the Governor's website, she assisted him daily during his first term as governor, and co-managed his successful re-election campaign in 2006.
On June 24, 2009, after having been absent from South Carolina for several days, her husband admitted to an affair with a woman from Argentina identified in multiple press reports as María Belén Chapur.
Sanford learned of her husband's infidelity in January 2009, before the scandal broke.
Following her husband's public disclosure of the affair, she issued a statement indicating that the couple had agreed to a trial separation two weeks prior to his public confession.
On August 7, 2009, she moved out of the South Carolina Governor's Mansion with the couple's four sons and returned to the family home on Sullivan's Island.
On December 11, 2009, she announced that she was filing for divorce.
The Sanfords' divorce was finalized on March 19, 2010.
She published a memoir, Staying True, which was released on February 5, 2010, which details her experience of her husband's affair and the effect it had on her own life.
On January 14, 2013, she announced she would not be a candidate in the election.
In December 2013, Sanford was appointed to the Charleston County Aviation Authority Board.
On February 3, 2013, Sanford found Mark Sanford leaving her Sullivan's Island house.
Under the terms of their divorce agreement, Mark was not allowed to visit Jenny's house without her permission.
She filed a trespassing complaint against him the next day, alleging that Mark Sanford had repeatedly violated the agreement despite Jenny Sanford filing a "no trespass" letter with the Sullivan's Island Police Department.
Sanford expressed interest in becoming President of the College of Charleston upon the retirement of P. George Benson in 2014.
but subsequently withdrew her name for consideration.
During the 2014 election season, Sanford crossed party lines to endorse Ginny Deerin, the Democratic Party nominee for South Carolina Secretary of State who was running against Republican incumbent Mark Hammond.
In March 2015, Sanford expressed interest in becoming Director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Sanford met her future husband, Mark Sanford, at a beach party in the Hamptons on Long Island.
She later talked about the meeting in an interview with The Post and Courier: "It wasn’t exactly love at first sight. It was more like friendship at first sight."