What is Enrique Peña Nieto’s Net Worth and Salary?
Enrique Pena Nieto, a Mexican politician, has a net worth of $20 million. He served as the 64th President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018.
According to his 2014 wealth disclosure, Enrique’s total net worth was 45 million pesos and his income was 3.4 million pesos. His assets included multiple properties, land, and jewelry.
Enrique is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and was the governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. He faced accusations of electoral fraud during his election in 2012. Despite protests, he pledged to fight organized crime and the drug trade, and to have a democratic and open government.
Enrique has been married twice. His first wife, Monica Pretelini, passed away during his second year in office. He is currently married to Angelica Rivera, a former model and TV presenter.
Angelica Rivera’s Controversial Mansion Gift
In 2014, soap actress Angelica Rivera made headlines when it was revealed that a Mexican business tycoon had gifted her a $7 million mansion in Mexico City’s most expensive neighborhood. The tycoon had earned his fortune off government contracts, many of which were given without competitor bids. Rivera later claimed it was a loan that would be paid back with her own earnings as an actress.
A financial investigation revealed that the highest-paid soap actors earned up to $500,000 per year, making it hard to understand how Rivera could afford the mansion. She claimed to have received a $10 million severance payment from her former employer, Televisa, in recognition of her 25 years of service. Rivera eventually sold off her interest in the mansion to avoid any conflicts of interest.
Former Associate Claims Sinaloa Cartel Paid $100 Million Bribe to Enrique Peña Nieto
During the January 2019 trial of drug lord El Chapo Guzman, one of Chapo’s former associates claimed that the Sinaloa cartel paid Enrique Peña Nieto a $100 million bribe. According to the testimony, Enrique is the one who approached the cartel soon after his 2012 election reportedly demanding a $250 million bribe to call off a nationwide manhunt for the drug lord. Chapo negotiated the bribe down to $100 million. The witness also claimed that the cartel’s biggest rival paid Enrique’s predecessor Felipe Calderon a similar bribe while he was in office.
Early Life and Education
Enrique Peña Nieto was born on July 20, 1966 in Altacomulco, Mexico. His parents were Gilberto Enrique Peña del Mazo, an electrical engineer, and Maria del Perpetuo Socorro Ofelia Nieto Sanchez, a school teacher. He grew up with three younger siblings and had uncles on both sides of the family who served as governors of the State of Mexico.
After attending school in Mexico, Nieto spent his junior year of high school at Denis Hall School in Alfred, Maine to improve his English. At 18, he moved to Mexico City and enrolled at Panamerican University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies. He later obtained an MBA degree at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
Enrique Peña Nieto’s Political Career and Presidency
Enrique Peña Nieto joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) at the age of 18 and rose through the ranks to hold progressively qualified offices. He was elected as a local deputy in 2003 and became governor of the State of Mexico in 2005, where he carried out promised projects such as building highways and hospitals, improving water systems, and developing the Suburban Railway of the Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area.
In 2012, Peña Nieto won the Mexican presidential elections as the PRI party candidate and focused on breaking up monopolies, reforming public education, modernizing financial regulation, and liberalizing Mexico’s energy sector. However, corruption, crime, and the drug trade worsened during his time in office, and his economic reforms were limited by drops in oil prices. Controversial events such as the escape of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and the Iguala mass kidnapping also occurred during his presidency.
Peña Nieto left office in 2018 with an approval rating of only 18% and 77% disapproval, making him one of the most controversial and least popular presidents in the history of Mexico. Corruption allegations against his government, such as blocking investigations into public corruption and benefiting from illegal campaign funds, contributed to his poor reputation.
Peña Nieto’s Presidential Salary
Enrique Peña Nieto earned a monthly salary of 208,000 pesos during his tenure as President of Mexico. This amount was equivalent to approximately $11,000 USD per month.
Marriages and Children
Enrique Peña Nieto married Monica Pretelini in 1993 and had three children with her – Paulina, Alejandro, and Nicole. However, he also had two children outside of marriage during his relationship with Pretelini. He had a son with Maritza Diaz Hernandez and another child with an undisclosed woman who passed away as an infant. Pretelini died in 2007 due to an epileptic episode.
Afterwards, Nieto began dating Mexican soap opera actress Angelica Rivera in 2008. The couple married in November 2011, after dating for a few years. However, after Nieto’s presidency ended, Rivera announced in February 2019 that the couple would be getting a divorce.
Angelica Rivera’s Oceanfront Condo in Key Biscayne
In their 2014 wealth disclosure, Enrique and Angelica revealed that she owned an oceanfront condo in Key Biscayne, Florida. The condo was purchased in 2005 for $1.775 million and was worth $3.3 million at that point. Angelica bought the condo with a 30-year mortgage and paid it off in full in 2011, just 46 days after marrying Enrique.
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