MONICA LEWINSKY – EST. $1.5 MILLION
Pasts aside, only a few public figures are able to recover from major scandals and turn their lives around as well as Monica Lewinsky has. These days, she works primarily as an author and public speaker. She is also an anti-bullying activist who consistently works towards preventing others from experiencing the same things she has. At present, her reported net worth is $1.5 million. In 1999, for her first book Monica’s Story, she was said to have been given an advance of $500,000, significantly adding to her fortune.
Since then, she has also collaborated with a number of other brands. This includes designing and making investments toward her own handbag line, which was sold in Henri Bendel and Fred Segal stores. Lewinsky also became a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig, though she largely stayed away from the spotlight.