Susan Rice

Susan Rice: Biography in Details

Who is Susan Rice?

Susan Rice is a diplomate and Democratic Policy Advisor for the President-elect. She is a National Security Advisor and also serves as the 27th UN Ambassador to the United States.

Further, she is the NYT bestselling author of Tough Love.

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Susan Rice was born on 17th November 1964 in Washington D.C. She is of All-American ethnicity with Jamaican roots.

She is the daughter of Lois Rice-Dickson and Emmett J. Rice. Her lt. mother, Lois is an education policy expert whereas her lt. father, Emmett J. Rice was a governor of the Federal Reserve System. Also, he used to be an economics professor at Cornell University.

Her parents got separated from each other via a divorce when Rice was just 10 years old. Her lt. mother, Lois passed away on 4th January 2017 from Pneumonia and Cancer. She has a brother, E. John Rice Jr.

Born in a politically aware family, she always dreamed of being the first U.S senator from the District of Columbia from her childhood. Also, she learned from her parents not to use race as her excuse since those days.

Education

Moving toward academics, she completed her High School education at the National Cathedral School in Washington. Also, she graduated from the school as a valedictorian.

Later, she attended Stanford University with the Truman Scholarship. In 1990, she graduated from the university with Honors in Arts.

Following that, in 1988, she graduated from the New College on Rhodes Scholarship. In 1988, she received her master’s degree in Philosophy.

After that, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in Philosophy.

Susan Rice- Professional Career

– She served in the 1988 Presidential election as the foreign policy aide to Michael Dukakis. Following that, she worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

– In 1993, Susan Rice joined the former President, Bill Clinton under his administration. At the time, she worked for the administration in various positions including director, special assistant, senior director of African affairs.

– On 7th July 1988, she visited the Nigerian president-elect Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as a member of the American delegation. During the meeting, Moshood had a major heart attack.

– In 2001, she became the principal and director of the political risk consultancy, Intellibridge. The following year, she became the senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

The same year, she also received a Hall of Fame at Standford University. She served the post as the director till 2009.

– Prior to the year, on 5th November 2008, she was named to the advisory board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.

 On 1st December 2008, she was nominated as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Eventually, she became the United States in 2009 and served in the position till 2013.

– On 5th June 2013, Susan Rice became the National Security Advisor succeeding Tom Donilon. The following month, she swore for the position. She remained in the post till 2017.

– On 8th March 2017, she became the visiting research fellow of the School of International Service (SIS) under American University. In March 2018, she became the board of directors at Netflix.

– In July 2020, Susan Rice came into the headlines being a possible running mate of President Joe Biden for the 2020 general election. However, the vice president, Kamala Harris was selected as the running mate for the president.

How much does Susan Rice earn?

As of 2023, Susan Rice has an estimated net worth of $50 million.

As per the financial report of 2011, her estimated net worth ranges from 23.5 million to $43.5 million.

Also, the report disclosed that the $8 million of her investment was in the commercial banks whereas nearly $5 million worth of investment was in the oil and gas companies sector.

Her earnings as the Diplomat are in the range of $47k – $129k.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Susan Rice has black eyes and black hair. She is 5 ft. 4 inches tall and weighs 65 kg. However, details on her body stats are not available.

Controversy, Rumors

During her term as the United States ambassador to the United Nations, the 2012 Benghazi attack took place where the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith were killed.

Along with the two former Navy SEALS, Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods. For the incident, Susan Rice made her appearance in the five major interview shows to discuss the attack.

Susan Rice- Instagram, Twitter

Susan Rice has 34k followers on Instagram and 689.4k on Twitter.

On Instagram, she is following personalities like Nick Nurse, Marcus Samuelsson, and John Legend.

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