Amal Clooney's Net Worth
Amal Clooney is a renowned British-Lebanese lawyer, activist, and author based in London, with an impressive net worth of $50 million. Beyond her professional accolades, Amal is perhaps best recognized as the wife of actor George Clooney. Her illustrious career includes roles with the United Nations and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which she left in 2020. Currently, she practices as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, focusing on international law and human rights.
Early Life
Amal Alamuddin was born on February 3, 1978, in Beirut, Lebanon. Her name translates to "hope" in Arabic. Amidst the Lebanese Civil War, her family relocated to Buckinghamshire, England, when Amal was just two years old. Raised alongside three siblings, she attended an all-girls grammar school before pursuing higher education at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, where she earned a BA degree in Jurisprudence in 2000. Her academic journey continued at New York University School of Law, where she graduated with an LLM degree in 2001, working under Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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Career
As a qualified lawyer in both the UK and the US, Amal Clooney's legal career has been nothing short of stellar. Admitted to the New York bar in 2002 and subsequently gaining qualifications in England and Wales, Amal has worked in prestigious international courts, including The Hague's International Criminal Court.
Her career path saw her working with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City and later clerking at the International Court of Justice. In The Hague, she contributed to the Office of the Prosecutor at the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. By 2010, Amal had returned to the UK to work as a barrister, where she was involved in numerous high-profile cases and United Nations commissions. Notably, she represented Julian Assange and the state of Cambodia.
Between 2015 and 2016, Amal served as a visiting faculty member at Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute. She also lectured at SOAS Law School, The New School, The Hague Academy of International Law, and the University of North Carolina.
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In 2015, Amal represented the Armenian government in a legal battle for the recognition of the Armenian genocide. The same year, she challenged the Philippine government over the detention of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, which the UN later deemed a violation of international law. Amal also defended Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, contributing significantly to the country's democratic progress.
That year, she also took on the "Hooded Men" case involving illegal interrogation methods used by the British government. In 2016, she addressed the United Nations, highlighting ISIL's atrocities, including an online slave market on Facebook.
In 2019, Amal became a special envoy at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, working on global media freedom. She resigned in 2020 following the UK's purported breach of international law related to Brexit.
Relationships
Amal met George Clooney in 2013 through a mutual friend, and they became engaged in 2014. Later that year, they married in a lavish ceremony in Venice. The couple welcomed twins in 2017, generating significant media attention.
Activism
Amal and her husband co-founded the Clooney Foundation in 2016, aiming to promote justice globally. They also established the Amal Clooney Scholarship, supporting one female Lebanese student annually in a two-year International Baccalaureate program.
Real Estate
George and Amal Clooney boast an impressive real estate portfolio, including properties in the UK and US. Their notable residences include a villa on Lake Como and a $13 million mansion in England. Additionally, they own another $13 million mansion in Laglio, Italy. In 2016, they acquired an apartment in New York's prestigious One Hundred Fifty-Third Street building.
