Barack Hussein Obama’s Biography and Net Worth; Important Facts.

Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America. He is a former president of the United States of America and is married to his wife and former First Lady Michelle Obama.

He was born in Hawaii, USA and raised by his mother after his parents divorced. He attended the famous Harvard Law School, became the first African American to chair the Harvard Law Review. He is a Lawyer, Politician, Writer, Author and Law professor by profession.
Early Life and Education

Barack Obama was born on the 4th of August 1961 to his parents who lived in Honolulu, Hawaii. However, at one time, he spent some part of his childhood in Washington State.

When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced and went separate ways, his father returning to Kenya. His father once came to see, but later died in an auto crash.


His mother moved with him to Indonesia having remarried and they spent four years in Indonesia. There he attended St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, known as Sekolah Katolik Santo Fransiskus Asisi in Indonesia.

In 1971, Obama had to return to where he was born, Honolulu to stay with his maternal grandparents. Having started school at the age of six, in Honolulu, he attended the Punahou School and graduated in 1979. By 1981, he had successfully completed his freshman and sophomore years at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

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His father moved over to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University and pursue a pH scale.D when he was still a child while in 1965, His mother Ann Dunham married Yi Soetoro, a University of Hawaii student from Dutch East Indies. When they moved over to Indonesia, his half-sister Maya Soetoro nanogram was born in 1970.
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He went to New York for his junior and senior year at the Columbia University, where he graduated in 1983. Thereafter, he went to study law at the Harvard Law School, graduating in 1991.
Working Career

After graduating from the Harvard Law School, he became a lecturer, teaching constitutional law for twelve years at the University Of Chicago Law School. There he was a lecturer from 1992 to 1996, later rising to senior lecturer.

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He specialized in civil rights litigation while lecturing, working in a large law firm; Miner Barnhill and Galland.
Political Career

Obama served a senator in 2005. He was Illinois state senator, emerging victorious in the 2004 General Elections. He won 70% of the votes available. He earned $174,000 yearly.


He sponsored a law that increased tax credits for low-income workers, he negotiated welfare reform and promoted increased subsidies for childcare.

While serving as senator, he was able to co-sponsor two initiatives, Secure America and the Orderly Immigration Act.