Pete Hegseth Bio, Early Life, Career, Married, and Net Worth

Pete Hegseth is an American politician, journalist, and author, plus he is well known as a retired executive director of Vets For Freedom.

Further, he was a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Centre located in Kabul within the Minnesota National Guard from 2011 to 2012.

At present, he is working for the FOX News Channel contributor and also a Senior Political Analyst. Besides, he has penned a book IN THE ARENA.

Pete Hegseth Early Life

Pete Hegseth’s birth name is Peter Brain Hegseth was born in 1980 on 6 June, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the USA. Further, he graduated from the Forest Lake Area High School in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

Later, he attended a Bachelor of Arts from Prince University in 2003. Apart from this, his mother’s name is Penelope Hegseth whereas, and his father is Brain Hegseth.

In the same way, he grew up in Forest Lake in Minnesota with his two younger siblings.

Talking about his nationality, he is an American citizen, and he is of Caucasian ethnicity.

Pete Hegseth Career

Pete Hegseth started his career as a journalist during his college time. In addition, he was the editor of the Princeton Tory and a conservative student-run publication.

After completing graduation, he was commissioned as an infantry officer within the U.S.

Army National Guard in 2003. Early 2004 he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. And also, he worked for Vets For Freedom as an executive director in his past life.

From 2011 to 2012, he served as a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Kabul for Counterinsurgency Training Center.

Likewise, he was formerly the CEO of Concerned Veterans for America. Once, he was supposed to be head of the United States Department of Veteran Affairs in the Trump administration.

Still, the main veterans’ group rejected him, and he could not wait for the position.

Similarly, he was a FOX News Channel military analyst and has performed in many television on Fox News Chanel, MSNBC, and CNN.

Pete worked as an author of several editorials in the New York Post, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal. Presently, he works as a FOX News Channel contributor.

Pete Hegseth married Thrice.

The journalist Hegseth married thrice in his life; accordingly, the first wife is Meredith Schwarz, married in 2004. The couple stayed with each other for five years, and they divorced in 2009.

Later a year of his first divorce, he tied the knots for the second time in 2010 with Samantha Hegseth. After the second wedding, the two were blessed with four children are Gunner was born in 2010, 2012 Boone and Rex.

They were having such a lovely time, but in 2017, they broke up.

The second marriage failure is that he was having an affair with his Fox Executive Producer, Jennifer.

And the lovebirds got wedded in 2019, and their marriage ceremony took place at one of 45th President Trump’s golf clubs. The duo has a daughter together who was born in 2017. Previously, the relation of Jennifer had three kids too.

Pete Hegseth Net Worth

The 41 years old Brain has an estimated net worth of $4 million as he earns more than $250 thousand per annual.

Hegseth has gathered his wealth from his former professional career as military personnel.

Meanwhile, his services during his military, he has achieved many awards. Moreover, the exact figure of his total wealth is still not revealed.

Looking at his reputation and experience in a different field, the multitalented author must have gathered a bag full of money as his income.

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