| Celebrated Name: | Jared Polis |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Jared Schutz Polis |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 46 years old |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Boulder, Colorado |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.66 m |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | In a relationship |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Caspian Julius, Cora Barucha) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | Yes (Marlon Reis) |
| Is Jared Polis Gay?: | Yes |
| Profession: | Politician, businessman |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $450 Million |
| Last Updated: | January 2024 |
Jared Polis is an American politician who is currently serving in the United States House of Representatives as the Governor of Colorado.
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Early Life & Biography
Polis was born to the founders of a book publisher named “Blue Mountain Arts,” Stephen Schutz and Susan Polis, in the year 1975. He spent most of his childhood in San Diego, America. He attended La Jolla Country Day School and graduated with three honors. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in politics from Princeton University, New Jersey, America. As a child, he skipped his lectures to attend the city council meetings.
Personal Life
Polis has been in a relationship with the American animal rights activist, Marlon Reis, for over ten years. The couple has a nine-year-old son named Caspian Julius and a six-year daughter named Cora Barucha.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 12 May 1975, Jared Polis is 46 years old as of today’s date 2nd January 2024. His height is 1.66 m tall, and his weight is 70 kg.
Career
Polis’s career started in his college years when he founded an internet service provider called “American Information Systems,” which he later sold, before launching an online greeting card website, “Bluemountain.com.” In the year 1998, he founded an e-Floris called “ProFlowers” which then got taken over by Liberty Media Corporation in 7 years.
In 2000, he set up the Jared Polis Foundation through which primary education for the underprivileged students was ensured. The organization also chalked out plans and programs to provide disadvantaged children with books, computers, access to technology, etc. In the years that followed, he established the New America School and the Academy of Urban Learning that extended support to immigrant students and teens belonging to abusive families and living in unstable conditions.
Polis has also been a Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education till January 2007. In 2008, he won the general elections and got re-elected for the four consecutive terms that followed. From 2009-2019, he was the U.S Representative from Colorado’s Congressional District, and in 2019, he was elected as the Governor of Colorado.
Awards & Achievements
Jared became the “Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year 2006” on National Philanthropy Day in Colorado. In 2007, he won the Boulder Daily Camera’s Pacesetter Award in Education. Other awards that Polis has won are Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Humanitarian Award, the Boulder Community Builder Award by the Anti-Defamation League, and the Kauffman Foundation Community Award.
Net Worth & Salary of Jared Polis in 2024
As of January 2024, Polis has accumulated an estimated net worth of $450 million. This also makes him one of the wealthiest politicians in America. He has made a fortune this big through the series of his internet business ventures as their co-founder. His net worth earned him a place on the wealthiest Americans under 40 lists by the Fortune magazine.
Jared Polis is an American millionaire politician and entrepreneur. He is the first-ever elected governor in the United States to be openly gay. Unlike most politicians across the world, Polis used his power only for the welfare of the public by sponsoring bills and other acts as the Student Non-Discrimination Act, the Respect for Marriage Act, Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, the School Lunch Improvements for Children’s Education Act, the Defending Special Education Students, and Families Act, etc. That fostered the rights of the marginalized communities like immigrants, underprivileged children, LGBTQ, etc.