Richard Blumenthal - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Married, Nationality, Body Measurement, Career

Publish date: 2024-06-11

Richard Blumenthal is an American politician from Brooklyn, New York. Richard Blumenthal was a member of United States senator from Connecticut. Likewise, he is popular for his work movies including, ‘Under Our Skin’, ‘Athlete A’, ‘At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal’.

Early Childhood

Richard Blumenthal who is popular as Da Nang Dick was born on 13th February 1946 and will be 76 years old in the year 2022. Being born in mid-February, his zodiac sign is Aquarius. Likewise, Richard was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, and holds American citizenship. Similarly, talking about his ethnicity and religion, he belongs to the Caucasian ethnic group and is Jewish by religion.

Likewise, speaking of his family member, Richard was born to Jane Blumenthal and Martin Blumenthal. Moreover, his father Martin emigrated to the United States of America from Frankfurt, Germany at the age of 17. Similarly, about his mother, Jane was raised in Omaha in Nebraska where she graduate from Radcliff College and became a social worker. Moreover, Martin works as a career in financial services becoming the president of a commodities trading firm.

Caption: Childhood picture of Richard with his father. Source: Facebook

Similarly, talking about his siblings, Richard has one brother whose name is David Blumenthal. Likewise, David Blumenthal is a doctor and health care policy expert who became president of the Commonwealth Fund. Furthermore, talking about his educational background, Richard went to Riverdale County School in the Riverdale section of the region Bronx. Followed by this, she then attended Harvard College where he graduate on the year 1967.

He has an A.B. degree magna cum laude with membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Likewise, being an undergraduate he was editorial chairman of ‘The Harvard Crimson’. Followed by this, he receive his JD degree from Yale Law School becoming the editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. Moreover, politicians including President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton were his classmate.

Caption: Richard and his family posing for a picture. Source: Facebook

Professional Life

Likewise, Richard became administrative assistant to Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff. Before becoming attorney general, Blumenthal was a partner in the law firm of Cummings & Lockwood, and subsequently in the law firm of Silver, Golub & Sandak. Likewise, in December 1982, while still at Cummings & Lockwood, he created and chaired the Citizens Crime Commission of Connecticut, a private, nonprofit organization. Furthermore, from the year 1981 to 1986, he was a volunteer counsel for the NAACP Legal DEFENSE FUND

Moreover, at age 31, Blumenthal was appointed United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, serving from 1977 to 1981. Similarly, as the chief federal prosecutor of that state, he successfully prosecuted many major cases involving drug traffickers, organized crime, white-collar criminals, civil rights violators, consumer fraud, and environmental pollution.

Likewise, in the year 1984, when he was 38, Blumenthal was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing the 145th district. Followed by this, in 1987, he won a special election to fill a vacancy in the 27th district of the Connecticut Senate, at age 41. Blumenthal resided in Stamford, Connecticut.

Net worth

Talking about his net worth and earnings, Richard is a politician by profession. Likewise, he has been making a decent amount of earnings as well as impressive fame from his career. Similarly, about his net worth, he has a net worth of around $85 million. However, there is no information about his asset values in the media.

Relationship status

Regarding his relationship status, Richard is a married person. Likewise, he was married to Cynthia Malkin who is the daughter of real estate investor Peter L. Malkin. They tied the knot in the year 1982. Similarly, this couple is blessed with four children. They have one daughter and three sons together namely Claire Blumenthal, David Blumenthal, Michael Blumenthal, and Matt Blumenthal.

Body Measurement and Social Media

Unfortunately, there is no information about the body measurement detail Richard. Similarly, there is no information about his height, weight, and vital stats in the media. Likewise, looking at his physical appearance, Richard has fair skin with dark brown pair of eyes and grey hair color.

Caption: Richard posing for a picture. Source: Facebook

Reflecting upon his social media presence, Richard is active on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Likewise, his Instagram account is @senblumenthal and has over 10.3k followers in it. Similarly, he is also active on Facebook. His Facebook account is @SenatorRichardBlumenthal and has over 76k followers in it. Likewise, Richard has had over 724.9k followers in his @SenBlumenthal account on Twitter since he joined in April 2011.