Rick Scott's Net Worth: The Richest Man in Congress
Every member of Congress files a financial disclosure — an itemized list of what they own, owe and earn. Sen. Rick Scott's is the second-largest of all 538. It reports about $494.8 million in assets against just $15 million in debt — a net worth near $480 million, behind only Sen. Jim Justice. The holdings are striking: nearly half in private and hedge-fund partnerships, $25–$50 million in airplanes, a Naples mansion — and almost no individual stocks. We show the money; you draw the conclusions.
One line on the disclosure simply reads “Airplanes” — recorded in the form's top bracket of $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. It is matched by a single Naples residence in the same bracket.
The Filing Every Senator Has to Make
Under the STOCK Act, every senator files an annual Personal Financial Disclosure — a list of assets, debts and outside income, each in a value bracket — plus a periodic transaction report for every trade. Rick Scott, a former Florida governor who co-founded the hospital company that became HCA and later ran a private investment firm, files one of the largest disclosures in the chamber.
We parsed it. Every figure here comes from his own Senate filings, pinned to his most recent annual disclosure for holdings and net worth, with trading drawn from his periodic reports.
How Much Is Rick Scott Worth?
Taking the midpoint of every bracket, his most recent filing shows about $494.8 million in assets against roughly $15 million in debt — a net worth near $479.8 million, within a bracketed range of $218.4 million to $741.2 million. That makes Rick Scott the second-richest member of Congress, trailing only Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia, whose disclosure clears $1 billion.
Where the Money Is
Scott's wealth looks nothing like Pelosi's basket of tech stocks. Nearly half sits in private investment and hedge-fund partnerships; the rest is bonds and Treasuries, real estate, aircraft, a gold ETF and cash. Individual common stocks are a rounding error. By disclosed-asset midpoint:
The Largest Holdings — Funds, Farmland and Airplanes
The biggest line items on the disclosure. Notice what's not here: brand-name stocks. This is a portfolio of institutional funds and hard assets.
| Holding | What it is | Owner | Disclosed value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Residence — Naples, FL | Real property | Joint | $25M–$50M |
| Airplanes | Aircraft | Self | $25M–$50M |
| Elliott Associates, L.P. | Hedge fund | Self | $5M–$25M |
| GMO Equity Dislocation Fund | Hedge fund | Self | $5M–$25M |
| Engine Capital, L.P. | Activist fund | Self | $5M–$25M |
| Stonepine Capital, L.P. | Hedge fund | Self | $5M–$25M |
| Briarwood Capital Partners | Private fund | Self | $5M–$25M |
| Ceres Farms LLC | Farmland | Self | $5M–$25M |
| SPDR Gold MiniShares GLDM | Gold ETF | Self | $5M–$25M |
| U.S. Treasury Note | Government bond | Self | $5M–$25M |
This is the second-richest disclosure in Congress.
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A Senator Who Barely Trades
For someone with this much money, Scott trades remarkably little: just 14 disclosed transactions in our dataset, and only about 1% of his portfolio in individual stocks at all. His income comes not from trading but from the funds themselves — the filing reports more than $13 million from “excepted investment funds” and over $5 million in interest. The wealth compounds on its own; it doesn't need a stock-picker.
Where He Ranks in Congress
At a roughly $480 million midpoint, Rick Scott is the second-wealthiest member of Congress — ahead of every other senator and representative except Sen. Jim Justice. For scale: Scott alone is worth more than the next three or four richest senators combined, and many multiples of a typical member, whose disclosed net worth runs in the low millions.
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How We Count It
Every figure aggregates parsed line items from Sen. Rick Scott's congressional Personal Financial Disclosure. Asset and liability figures use the midpoints of the form's value brackets, which are wide by design — and many of his holdings sit in the top brackets, so net worth is a conservative midpoint, not a precise number. Trading figures come from his periodic STOCK Act transaction reports. Holdings marked “Self” are his; “Spouse” and “Joint” are disclosed separately.
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