Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born on the 19th June 1964, in New York City, USA of British, French and Turkish ancestry. He is a British politician, who is probably best known for being a former Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He is also recognized for being a member of the Conservative Party. Boris is also known as a journalist and author, who has published 11 books. His career has been active since 1987.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Boris Johnson is? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that Boris counts his net worth at the amount of $2 million as of mid-2016. This sum of money is largely the result of his career as a politician, but another source of his overall wealth is coming from his career as a journalist and author.
Boris Johnson spent his childhood with three siblings, his father, Stanley Johnson, who is also a politician and author, and his mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, an artist; he is the grandson of Turkish journalist Ali Kemal. When he was a baby, the family moved to England, and Boris attended a preparatory boarding school, Ashdown House in East Sussex, where he earned a King’s Scholarship to study at Eton College. While there, he started writing for the students’ newspaper, and became the editor. He then received a scholarship to study at Balliol College, Oxford, from which he graduated with an upper second-class degree in Ancient Literature and Classical Philosophy.
Before he became a politician, Boris was a journalist. He started his career in 1987 writing for the prestigious British newspaper “The Times”; however, he quit this position in 1994 and joined “The Daily Telegraph”. He worked as assistant editor from 1994 until 1999, when he left the newspaper and joined “The Spectator” magazine. He stayed there until 2005, working as the editor, which highly increased his net worth. He then returned to “The Daily Telegraph”, and ever since has been a contributor to the paper.
His political career began in 2001, when he ran to become a parliament member for Henley. He was successful and stayed in that position until 2008, which contributed a lot to his net worth, but it also helped him build his career. In 2008 he participated in elections for the Mayor of London, and eventually won, defeating incumbent Ken Livingstone. Boris’ also won re-election in 2012, defeating Livingstone again. During his stint as the Mayor of London, the overall size of Boris’ net worth increased by a large margin. He stepped down from the position on the 9th May 2016, as in 2015, Boris became the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, which further increased his net worth. Most recently, he has championed the cause of the UK leaving the European Union, which was carried by referendum in June 2016.
Apart from his political career, Boris is also recognized as an author, publishing 11 books so far, including “Friends, Voters, Countrymen” (2001), “Seventy-Two Virgins” (2004), “The Dream Of Rome” (2006), “The Perils Of The Pushy Parents: A Cautionary Tale” (2007), and his latest book “The Churchill Factor” (2014), which have also added a lot to his overall net worth.
If to talk about his personal life, Boris Johnson has been married to Marina Wheeler since 1993; they are the parents of five children. Previously, he was in marriage with Allegra Mostyn-Owen from 1987 to 1993.
Full Name
Boris Johnson
Net Worth
$2 Million
Date Of Birth
June 19, 1964
Place Of Birth
Upper East Side, New York City, New York, United States
Height
5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Profession
Author
Education
European School of Brussels, University of Oxford, Eton College, Primrose Hill, Ashdown House, East Sussex, Balliol College,
Nationality
American, British
Spouse
Marina Wheeler m. (1993), Allegra Owen m. (1987–1993)
Children
Lara Lettice Johnson, Milo Arthur Johnson, Cassia Peaches Johnson, Theodore Apollo Johnson
Parents
Charlotte Johnson Wahl, Stanley Johnson
Siblings
Rachel Johnson, Jo Johnson, Leo Johnson
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/borisjohnson
Twitter
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1296124/
Nominations
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
TV Shows
Have I Got News for You
Trademark
1
Wears Bright Neckties (Both Blue and Red neckties).
2
Sometimes mistaken for Donald Trump.
3
Very posh, stuttering voice
4
Bumbling manner
5
Untidy mop of blond hair
Quote
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I think I was once given cocaine, but I sneezed so it didn’t go up. In fact, it may have been icing sugar.
2
My friends: as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, there are only opportunities. And indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.
3
In 1904, 20% of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can’t turn the clock back to 1904, what’s the point of being a Conservative?
4
[on gay marriage] You can take your partner up the Arcelor… and marry him.
5
[on his potential Tory rivals in Parliament] After 2016 who knows what will happen. But I’m very, very happy with the job of mayor of London. They should cool their porridge, save their breath, put their shoulders to the wheel, all hands to the mast, and all shoot from the same trench – to mix my metaphors.
6
To rinse the gutters of public life, you need a gutter press.
7
My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.
8
[while trapped on a zip-line while celebrating an Olympic gold medal] Get me a rope. Get me a ladder. I think the brakes got stuck.
9
My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.
10
I’m a Jiffy disposal unit when it comes to leftovers. Apple cores: count me in. Fish heads: I’m your man, especially the eyes, yum yum.
11
[in explanation for late work]: Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.
Fact
1
His Ancestral home of Kalfat, Turkey, birthplace of his great-grandfather Ali Kemal, pledged to honour Boris Johnson by sacrificing sheep in the event he visits the village.
2
British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. (2015-).
3
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2016-).
4
He is of Turkish Ancestry on his Father’s Side of the family, being a great-grandson of liberal Ottoman Journalist Ali Kemal.
5
Was commonly touted as a future leader of the Conservative Party. Following Britain’s Vote to leave the European Union on June 23 2016 he announced that he would not run for the Conservative Party Leadership and Prime Minister. His decision gave Home Secretary Theresa May a free run. On June 28 2016 May announced her candidacy for the Conservative Party Leadership and Prime Minister, racking up support among the Party Faithful. The Contest was abruptly ended when her rival Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest thus Theresa May became Prime Minister on July 13 2016.
6
He won £1,000 in a poetry contest by The Spectator (UK) Magazine for writing a poem which was deemed offensive to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
7
Often seen riding his bicycle.
8
He succeeded fellow Conservative MP Philip Hammond as Britain’s Foreign Secretary following Theresa May’s Accession as Britain’s 54th Prime Minister.
9
Fellow Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke described him as a ‘Nicer Donald Trump’.
10
In March 2016 he revealed on ITV that on a visit to New York, a young girl mistook him for 2016 Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump.
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In May 2008, he became mayor of London, England. He was re-elected in 2012 and stepped down in May 2016 when his second term expired.
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Brother of Leo Johnson and Rachel Johnson.
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Son-in-law of Charles Wheeler.
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Son of Stanley Johnson.
15
March 2004: Nominated for a best entertainment BAFTA following his famously bumbling performances hosting Have I Got News for You (1990) . He was, ironically, up against regular panellist Paul Merton for the same award.
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Studied at Eton college and read Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. During his time at Oxford he was the president of the Oxford Union, a prestigious role held by many top British politicians.
17
Is a British Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley-upon-Thames and an outspoken ‘Eurosceptic’.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
EastEnders
2009
TV Series
Mayor of London
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Taking Liberties
2007
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Peston on Sunday
2016
TV Series
Himself – Guest, Foreign Secretary
Victoria Derbyshire
2016
TV Series
Himself
This Week
2016
TV Series
Himself
Brexageddon?!
2016
TV Movie
Himself
EU Referendum: ITV
2016
TV Mini-Series
Himself – Leave
Britain & Europe: For Richer or Poorer?
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Vote Leave (as Boris Johnson MP)
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
2016
TV Series
Himself
C à vous
2015
TV Series
Himself
BBC News 8pm Summary
2015
TV Series short
Himself
Alternative Election Night
2015
TV Movie
Himself
Election 2015
2015
TV Movie
Himself – Conservative, Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Inside the Commons
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself – Mayor of London
Churchill: The Nation’s Farewell
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Author, ‘The Churchill Factor’
Late Show with David Letterman
2012-2014
TV Series
Himself – London Mayor / Himself – Guest
BBC London News
2009-2014
TV Series
Himself – Mayor of London / Himself – interviewed
Scotland Decides
2014
TV Movie
Himself – Mayor of London
My Favourite Political Thinker
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Vote 2014
2014
TV Movie
Himself – Mayor of London, Conservative
ITV Lunchtime News
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
2014
TV Series
Himself
The Last Leg
2013
TV Series
Himself – Guest
The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself – Mayor of London
Question Time
1999-2013
TV Series
Himself
CNBC Meets
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise
2013
Documentary
Himself
Le grand journal de Canal+
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
South at Six
2013
TV Series
Himself
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The One Show
2010-2012
TV Series
Himself – Guest / Himself
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
TV Movie
Himself
London Tonight
2009-2012
TV Series
Himself – Mayor of London / Himself – Interviewee
XXX Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
2012
TV Movie
Himself – Mayor of London
The Daily Show
2012
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
2012
TV Series
Himself – Guest
Today
2012
TV Series
Himself – Mayor of London
The Agenda with Tom Bradby
2012
TV Series
Himself – Guest
The Diamond Queen
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself – Mayor of London
Peter Andre: My Life
2011
TV Series
Himself
Olympics 2012: One Year to Go
2011
TV Movie
Himself – Mayor of London
Royal Wedding Day
2011
TV Movie
Himself
Faulks on Fiction
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2010
2010
TV Special
Himself
Sunday AM
2006-2010
TV Series
Himself / Himself – Mayor of London / Himself – Newspaper Reviewer
London 2012: Two Years to Go
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Breakfast
2003-2010
TV Series
Himself / Himself – Mayor of London
Dave & Nick: Where Did It All Go Right?
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Election 2010
2010
TV Movie
Himself – Mayor of London
Going Green: Cycling
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Mayor of London
Win My Vote!
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Imagine
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Snowstorm: Britain’s Big Freeze
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Mayor of London
Top Gear
2003-2008
TV Series
Himself
Quantum of Solace: Royal World Premiere Special
2008
TV Movie
Himself
Mischief
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad
2008
TV Mini-Series
Himself – Mayor of London
Who Do You Think You Are?
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Newsnight
2008
TV Series
Himself
Taking Liberties
2007
Documentary
Himself
Blaired Vision
2007
TV Movie
Himself
The Dame Edna Treatment
2007
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Politics
2005-2007
TV Series
Himself / Himself – Shadow Higher Education Minister / Himself – Conservative Higher Education Spokesman
This Week
2007
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You
1998-2006
TV Series
Himself – Guest Presenter / Himself
The National Television Awards
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Presenter
Richard & Judy
2004-2006
TV Series
Himself
Boris Johnson and the Dream of Rome
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Presenter
Favouritism
2005
TV Series
Himself
Election Night
2005
TV Movie
Himself – Conservative
Turks
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
25 Years of Question Time
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Timeshift
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Room 101
2003
TV Series
Himself – Guest
Gerald Scarfe: Drawing Blood
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Parkinson
2003
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2003
TV Series
Himself
Strike: When Britain Went to War
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself – Student, Oxford, 1984
When Louis Met… Max Clifford
2002
TV Special documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Vote 2001
2001
TV Movie
Himself – Conservative
Lamarr’s Attacks
2000
TV Series
Himself
Clarkson
1999
TV Series
Himself
The Sundays
1998-1999
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Programme
1997-1998
TV Series
Himself – Newspaper Reviewer / Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Revolting
2017
TV Series
Himself – Foreign Secretary
Good Morning Britain
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself / Himself – Foreign Secretary
Breakfast
2010-2017
TV Series
Himself / Himself – Mayor of London / Himself – Foreign Secretary
Have I Got News for You
2006-2016
TV Series
Himself
Panorama
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Paul Murray Live
2016
TV Series
Himself
EU Referendum: Northern Ireland Decides
2016
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Goodbye Britain?
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Boris v Dave: The Battle for Europe
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
TV Series
Himself
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Wright Stuff
2012
TV Series
Himself – Mayor of London
Gruen Sweat
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
London – The Modern Babylon
2012
Documentary
Himself / Mayor of London
Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell
2012
TV Series
Himself
Insiders
2011-2012
TV Series
Himself
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2011
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2010
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
The Funny Side of…
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2008
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
Argumental
2008
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters – Volume 2
2005
Video
Guest Presenter (as Boris Johnson MP)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2004
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
2003
Video
Guest Presenter (as Boris Johnson MP)
The Very Best of ‘Have I Got News for You’
2002
Video
Himself (as Boris Johnson MP)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Entertainment Performance
Have I Got News for You (1990)
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