Perhaps best referred to as Chief Strategist for Obama’s presidential campaign, but his name is David Axelrod – political consultant, analyst and accomplished journalist. Its campaign management team was responsible for
Congressman Paul Simona’s success as a United States elector in the 1948 election and since then its clientele has grown to include successful campaigns for several Democrats such as Bill Clinton. and Hillary Clinton.
David’s list also includes African Americans he helped get elected in historic victories, including Barack Obama in 2008, as well as 2012
. 2011. David Axelrod is currently director of the nonpartisan Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. He is also a political commentator with CNN. In the past, Moreso had been a journalist, his first job being a political analyst at the Chicago Tribune. Later, in 2013, he moved to MSNBC and NBC as a senior political analyst. In the same year, he took part in the electoral campaign of Monti, Italian Prime Minister, which testifies to his success, not only at the national level, but also abroad.
The political consultant is known for having AKPD Message and Media is an accomplished author. His book “Believe: My Forty Years in Politics” is a best-selling memoir from New York, published by him in 2015. “The Ax Files” is the title given to his podcast
which he chose to host the same year.
Who is David Axelrod?
He was born on February 22, 1955, and his birthplace is the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York, but David Axelrod spent his formative years in the Stuyvesant Town area. He is of American nationality, as indicated by his place of birth and his
Ethnicity is white. His parents were liberal Jews engaged in professional employment. His father was called Joseph Axelrod – a psychologist. At age 11, he had immigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States. David’s mother has been identified as
Myril Bennett – she worked as a journalist at a 1940s liberal newspaper known as the PM, later in life she went to Young & Rubicam where she held the position of publicity manager. However, her parent’s marriage ended when she was eight years old and her father committed suicide in 1977.
Education & Career
David Axelrod was educated in Public School 40 in Manhattan and continued his education at Stuyvesant High School, where he graduated in 1972. According to the political strategist, he was driven by a sense of idealism during his years of training,
An inspirational speech he saw at the age of five from then-President of the United States, John F Kennedy, in New York, steered his life towards a political course and he is said to have contributed to
Campaign of Robert F. Kennedy selling campaign buttons.
After Stuyvesant High School, he began studying political science at the University of Chicago. During his undergraduate studies, David Axelrod was already writing quality content on
politics for the Hyde Park Herald and his internship was at the Chicago Tribune where he continued to work after graduation. At the age of 27, he was already recognized as the youngest political writer in Chicago Tribune history. However, he left the newspaper to pursue a career as a campaign consultant after eight years working as a political reporter. Needless to say, David Axelrod has made a
resounding career success in his chosen field.
His wife, his daughter
During his years at the University of Chicago, David Axelrod met his soulmate Susan Landau, then a business student. The duo married in 1979 and in 1981 they had their first child, a daughter named Lauren, who was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of seven. They had other children – two boys named Ethan and Michael.
Due to her daughter’s illness, David’s mother and his
stepmother collaborated to run an organization to raise awareness about epilepsy.
Net value
Sources have established that David Axelrod’s net worth is $3 million coming mostly from his career as a political analyst and it is believed that his move into journalism might be responsible for a few numbers in his net worth.
Also, his fortune is expected to show a positive growth in the next review as the political consultant is still very helpful in his field.
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