Key Takeaways
- President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, ex-U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, has an estimated net worth of $1 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
- Gabbard, who represented Hawaii in Congress, has built her wealth through her media company, speaking engagements, a book, and lucrative investments.
- Gabbard’s investments include Rumble, Tesla, and Bitcoin.
Former U.S. Representative and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard—nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next director of national intelligence—has built her wealth through her media company, speaking engagements, a book, and lucrative investments.
Gabbard, who is waiting to be confirmed to the role by the Senate, was a Democrat for more than 20 years before endorsing Trump in the 2024 presidential election and joining the Republican Party.
Previously, Gabbard served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District from 2013 to 2021. She was also among the candidates for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election. A military veteran, Gabbard currently serves as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Gabbard has a net worth of $1 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. Here’s how Gabbard built her wealth.
Media Company, TV, and Speaking Engagements
Gabbard has earned her wealth through her media company, speaking engagements, a book deal, and as a media contributor. Gabbard’s Tulsi Media LLC, which encompasses her media, digital media, public speaking, and book royalties, and TOA Studios LLC brought in about $411,000 in 2024, according to Gabbard’s most recent federal Executive Branch financial disclosure filed in January 2025. That amount also includes about $3,500 in ad revenue from her podcast, “The Tulsi Gabbard Show.”
Gabbard is an author, too. She earned a little under $300,000 in an advance for her book “For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind.”
Gabbard also earned almost $200,000 as a contributor on Fox News and about $120,000 as a media contributor for the American Center for Law and Justice. The former congresswoman brought in about $170,000 from speaking engagements in 2024, including Republican Party events in different cities and at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation.
Should Gabbard be confirmed as the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Media would become inactive, and she would resign from TOA Studios and transfer ownership to her spouse as long as she serves in the federal government, according to the financial disclosure.
Investments: Rumble, Tesla, Crypto
Gabbard is invested in conservative-leaning streaming platform Rumble (RUM) and electric vehicle maker Tesla (TSLA), with her stock in both companies valued between $100,001 and $250,000 at the time of the early January filing. The disclosure report also showed smaller investments in technology companies Nvidia (NVDA) and Apple (AAPL).
The disclosure also reveals a Crypto.com wallet containing holdings of Bitcoin, Cronos, Solana, and Ethereum. Gabbard’s Bitcoin holdings are valued between $15,001 and $50,000, while those of the other three cryptocurrencies are valued between $1,001-$15,000.
Gabbard filed a separate form claiming that she would divest from Nvidia, Rumble, Tesla, Apple, and her crypto holdings within 90 days should she be confirmed, “to avoid any actual or apparent conflict of interest.”