“A lot of other people are talking, a lot of other people are talking about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ,” the video begins, as a handsome young man with an unshaven face pulls out exaggerated “Rs” in front of the camera. He praises Kennedy’s father (Robert F. Kennedy) and Kennedy’s uncle (John F. Kennedy) before attacking Kennedy himself.
“But look, this guy is an idiot, the new guy, the young guy, he’s a fucking asshole,” he begins, before denouncing his ties to Donald Trump and accusing Kennedy of lying about his independence. “Vote for Biden,” he concludes. This economy is going to continue to explode, we are going to explode, we are all going to be loaded. “
It turns out that this online commentator is already “screwed”: the cameraman is Jack Schlossberg, 31, grandson of John F. Kennedy and son of Caroline Kennedy, first cousin of RFK Jr. Schlossberg’s viral videos, in which he mimics fictitious voters, align him with other members of Kennedy’s long-standing circle of relatives in denouncing RFK Jr. , 70, and endorsing Joe Biden. But the prominent political dynasty is not divided by the presidential election alone. crusade of a third party. The Kennedys’ wealth is unevenly distributed among the many branches of the family, and Schlossberg will most likely obtain a much greater providence than RFK Jr.
The explanation is simple: Robert Kennedy had 11 children, while John F. Kennedy has only one surviving son (Caroline). The monetary data she presented as Biden’s ambassador to Australia shows a large number of values, adding two with a value of between $5 million and $25 million. In contrast, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s filing, released as he prepares for president, shows fewer assets and only two of his calls are worth more than $1 million.
The Kennedy family fortune can be traced back to Joe P. Kennedy, the father of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. Joe built his fortune in finance, film, and real estate. He died in 1969, but not before hitting his millions in complex trusts designed to protect his assets from taxes, grow over time and provide for his descendants. strategy,” Time magazine declared in 1969. The goal is to consolidate what the family circle has left marked by tragedy and maintain a foundation for the emerging generation of the Kennedys.
Clearly, it worked: These trusts, which date back to 1926, now shape the basis of the Kennedy family’s immense fortune, last estimated through Forbes in 2015 at $1. 2 billion.
Joe Kennedy had nine children, six of whom likely won a percentage of the inheritance, adding John, John’s attorney general, Robert, and Massachusetts Senator Ted, a liberal arsonist. Robert Kennedy, assassinated while running for president, had 11 children, nine of whom are still alive. This means that his percentage of the Kennedy family estate was likely divided among more descendants than any of his siblings. His third child, RFK Jr. , is worth about $15 million, according to Forbes’ most recent estimate, and at least some of that comes from his wife, Hollywood actress Cheryl Hines.
RFK Jr. is running a crusade to appear in the election as an independent crusader, and he hasn’t invested a penny of his own fortune.
JFK, on the other hand, gave birth to the youngest branch of the clan: only two children, Caroline and JFK Jr. , survived to adulthood, with the latter dying in a plane crash at age 38 before having children. JFK’s widow remarried Aristotle Onassis, a wealthy Greek shipowner who, according to a recent New York Times article, died in 1975 and left her an annual payment of $250,000, part of which went to Caroline. JFK’s percentage likely passed to Caroline largely untouched, leaving her with an excessive percentage of the Kennedy fortune. (The campaigns of Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and Schlossberg did not immediately respond to requests for comment. )
Of course, there are more living heirs. Three of Joe Kennedy’s daughters, Jean Ann, Eunice and Patricia, had 13 children between them, one of whom married actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ted Kennedy also had three children and was worth between $45 million and $150 million when he died in 2009.
Schlossberg, one of Caroline’s 4 children, is already living a smart life. His Instagram, filled with photos and videos of him posing, shirtless, in exotic locations, suggests a graceful path for the Harvard law graduate who recently passed the New York bar association. This is a far cry from RFK Jr. ‘s long career as a litigator who, while very lucrative, has yet to get him enough cash to contribute to his own presidential campaign. But hey: life is smart when your mom is really busy.
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