kamla Harris lifestyle and Networth kamla Harris born October 20th 1964 Oakland California us is the 49th Vice President of the United States 2021 in the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden she is the first woman the first black American and the first Asian-American to hold the post she had previously served in the US Senate 2017 to 21 and as Attorney General of California 2011 to 17 in July 2024 following his poor performance in a nationally televised debate with Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump Biden abandoned his bid for re-election and endorsed Harris as the Democratic party's nominee in the presidential election of 2024 in early August Harris was officially named the Democratic party's Presidential nominee following her victory in a virtual vote of party delegates kamla Harris and her husband lawyer Doug mhof have an estimated net worth of about $8 million a as vice president Harris receives $235,100 per year Harris's wealth comes from her years in politics book she's written and Investments she stands at a height of 5' 4 in approximately 1.63 M tall as we dive to her journey to success don't forget to like And subscribe to our Channel early life and education Donald J Harris and shamala goalen met as students as part of a black student group at the University of California Berkeley in 1962 Harris was an economics doctoral student from Jamaica goalen came from India to study nutrition and endocrinology Harris spoke goalen who wasn't black but was welcomed by the group as a person of color was intrigued by what she heard the two soon became something of a power couple in the civil rights movement on campus they married in 1963 and their first daughter kamla was born in 1964 their second daughter Maya was born in 1967 the marriage foundered and the couple separated and were divorced in 1972 the children were raised largely by their mother but saw their father on weekends while growing up kamla Harris maintained close contact with her Indian family and frequently traveled with her mother and sister to chenai the capital of the South Indian state of tamilnadu she studied political science and economics at Howard University a historically black college while there she pledged to the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority one of the divine nine sororities and fraternities founded by black students she was also on the debate team and elected to the student council after graduating from Howard in 1986 Harris earned a law degree 1989 from the University of California College of the the law San Francisco formerly known as Hastings College Harris often talks about the lessons she learned from her mother who went on to become a cancer researcher she died of breast cancer in 2009 my mother would often say to me kamla you may be the first to do many things make sure you are not the last Harris recalled in a Facebook post on Mother's Day 2022 personal life real estate and car collection Harris is married to Doug mhof an entertainment and intellectual property lawyer the two met in 2013 and were married the next year in a ceremony officiated by Harris's sister Maya it was Harris's first marriage and mhof second mhof has two grown children Ella and Cole who call Harris Malala when Harris was elected vice president mhof became the first spouse to be referred to as second gentleman as well as the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president the denunciation of Harris's name became a topic of controversy As Trump repeatedly mispronounced it during the 2020 and 2024 campaigns in her 2019 Memoir Harris wrote that her name means lotus flower noting my name is pronounced kamla like the punctuation mark San Francisco home kamla Harris and her husband Doug mhof own a home in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood the property is valued at several million dollars Los Angeles property they also own a house in Los Angeles which has been valued in the range of several million dollars as well career kamla Harris's career spans significant roles in law and politics marked by trailblazing achievements starting as a deputy district attorney in Alam County she gained prominence as San Francisco's district attorney where she championed criminal justice reforms her tenure as California's attorney general further solidified her reputation for addressing consumer protection and environmental issues elected to the US Senate in 2016 Harris focused on Health Care immigration and corporate accountability in 2020 she made history as the first female first African-American and First South Asian Vice President of the United States where she continues to tackle key issues such as climate change economic recovery and international diplomacy thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more content