Paul Francis Pelosi is an American businessman who owns a real estate and VC firm, ‘Financial Leasing Services, Inc’. He is the husband of present U.S. House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi is making buzz on the internet as Vice President Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi made history once again as this is the first time two women sat behind the US president during the State of the Union.
On March 1st, President Joe Biden said, “Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman,” as he stood at the podium.
The reason why Harris and Pelosi were sitting behind Biden is that the two seats have always been reserved for the post of vice president and the House speaker, irrespective of their political affiliation.
We have shared everything you need to know about Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Francis Pelosi. Keep scrolling!
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
Nancy Pelosi has been a U.S. representative for more than 3 decades now when she first made it to the office in 1987. She became the House minority leader in the year 2003 and held the role for the next four years.
Pelosi was nominated for the post of the speaker when the Democratic party gained control of Congress in the year 2006. She became the first woman ever to be elected for the post of speaker.
When former US President George W. Bush gave his State of the Union address in 2007, Pelosi became the first woman to ever sit behind the president during a joint session of Congress.
Who is Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi?
Paul Pelosi was born in the year 1940 in San Francisco. He completed his bachelor’s in foreign service at Georgetown University. He then did his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
For more than a decade now, he has been the chair of the Foreign Service Board at Georgetown. Pelosi founded the San Francisco-based venture capital firm Financial Leasing Services, through which both he and his wife have amassed a personal fortune of approximately $114 million.
He made investments in the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League and later purchased a franchise in the United Football League in 2009 for $12 million, the California Redwoods.
Personal life
Paul first met Nancy when he was studying Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Nancy was studying at Trinity College in Washington D.C.
Pelosi married Nancy Pelosi in 1963. Nancy was the 52nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the time of their marriage that was held at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, Maryland.
The couple share five children – Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra. Paul and Nancy currently have nine grandchildren.
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