Huma Abedin was born on July 28, 1976, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the United States. Her parents are Syed Zainul and Saleha Mahmood Abedin. Huma was raised with two siblings, a brother and a sister. She relocated to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with her family when she was two years old.
Abedin attended a British girls’ school. As a teenager, she returned to the United States and enrolled at George Washington University. She graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. She had always wanted to be a journalist since she was a youngster. Christiane Amanpour, a journalist, had a major effect on her.
Personal Life
Huma Abedin’s current marital status is single. She was formerly married to Anthony Weiner, a former United States Representative. In December 2011, she gave birth to a son. On August 29, 2016, she announced her split from Anthony after six years of marriage. Huma decided to divorce Anthony after additional sexting charges were levelled against him.
Anthony was found guilty of the charges in May 2017, and she immediately filed for divorce. However, in January 2018, both dropped their divorce cases, stating that they had agreed to resolve the divorce privately. Abedin recently appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, telling anchor Norah O’Donnell that she momentarily considered suicide while married to her then-husband, Weiner.
She has also disclosed many additional previously unknown truths about her marriage and ex-spouse in her new memoir, “Both/And: A Life in Many Words.” She has supplied comprehensive details on the time her ex-husband’s laptop was taken by the FBI in 2016. Her memoir will be published on November 2, 2021.
Career
Huma interned at the White House while studying at George Washington University. She was assigned to then-First Lady Hillary Clinton at the time. She began working as an associate editor for the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs in 1996. She joined the State Department in 2009 as Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff.
Later, Abedin worked as a special government employee as a consultant. She was then permitted to operate as a private client consultant. During her consulting career, she worked for Teneo, a strategic consulting business. She was also a paid consultant for the Clinton Foundation.
In 2013, she took on a new post as a director of the transition team, which would assist Clinton in resuming her private life. After two years, in 2015, she was appointed vice-chairperson of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential campaign, where she was in charge of screening and interviewing candidates for key campaign posts.
Net Worth
Huma Abedin is a 46-year-old American political consultant. She is well recognised for her role as a vice-chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. Huma formerly worked as Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff. Huma Abedin’s net worth is expected to be about $3 million in 2023. She must have made a good living as a journalist while working for then-First Lady Hillary Clinton.
Facts
| Net Worth | $3 million |
| Date of Birth | July 28, 1976 |
| Place of Birth | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Gender | Female |
| Profession | Journalist, Political Staffer |
| Nationality | United States of America |
