Personal Profile About Bob Corker
Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (commonly called Bob Corker) is a businessperson and politician from America, specifically a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. Bob was born in Orangeburg, SC; his birthday is August 24, 1952. He is a member of the Republican party; prior to beginning his service in Congress, he was the founder and owner of a successful construction company and then became the Mayor of Chattanooga before chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Bob is well-regarded for his work on fiscal policy, foreign relations, and creating economic growth.
Bob Corker Net Worth
Bob Corker net worth is kinda estimated around $45 million, but yeah the public numbers do jump around a bit. A lot of his money seems to come from a construction company he built up, plus real estate holdings, and a few other enterprise ideas he developed both before, and during his political career. He’s been mentioned more then once, as one of the wealthier figures in the U.S. Senate too.
Bob Corker Family
Corker and his wife of 29 years, Elizabeth, have two daughters, Emily and Julia. When it was revealed that Corker failed to disclose millions of dollars in shares in a small Tennessee real estate firm, a pair of the purchases were made in his daughters’ names, and he bought stock in the company, CBL, 25 times using accounts in his wife and daughters’ names.
Bob Corker Career
Corker started his own construction company with $8,000 in 1978. The firm, Bencor, began to land large contracts in the Chattanooga area and was operating in 18 states by the mid-1980s. Corker sold the company in 1990 and acquired two real estate companies in 1999. He was inducted into the University of Chattanooga’s Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2005.