Nikki Haley’s financial disclosures show speaking fees and other earnings
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Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, earned at least $1.2 million — and as much as $12 million — from speaking engagements in the year leading up to her entry into the presidential race, according to her personal financial disclosure form.
The disclosure, filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission, also shows that Ms. Haley continues to serve on the board of directors of United Homes Group, one of the Southeast’s largest homebuilders and a publicly traded company in which she owns stock.
Why it matters: Avoid the appearance of conflict.
The filing shows how Ms. Haley turned her experience in the Trump administration and governor’s office into lucrative private sector opportunities, and how those commitments carried over into her presidential campaign.
Presidential candidates typically resign from boards of directors shortly after entering the race, to avoid the appearance of conflict.
A spokeswoman for Ms. Haley did not comment on the filing, or on Ms. Haley’s continued service on the United Homes board.
Ms. Haley listed a dozen speaking engagements, for each of which she reported a fee of between $100,001 and $1 million. They include events at the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Montreal, Barclays Services Corporation in New York, and Water Street Healthcare Partners in Chicago.
The Wall Street Journal reported last month that on March 30, about six weeks after entering the presidential race, Ms. Haley received stock options from United Homes worth nearly $300,000.
In the filing, Ms. Haley reported that she owned between $250,000 and $500,000 in stock in Great Southern Homes, which became United Homes when it went public through a merger.
Other disclosures: a book, consulting fees, and Boeing stock.
Ms. Haley’s filing also revealed that she earned $100,000 to $1 million in royalties for the book she wrote in late 2022, “If You Want Something Done,” a series of vignettes of women who inspired her. She reported no royalties on two previous books.
Ms. Haley also reported that she is a senior advisor at Prism Global Management, which the LinkedIn page describes as a “U.S.-based investment platform focused on disruptive growth-stage innovators in the U.S. and Asia.”
She reported between $100,000 and $1 million in consulting fees from Prism.
The filing shows Ms. Haley also owns $250,000 worth of stock in Boeing, the aerospace giant on whose board she served about a year after leaving the Trump administration. She resigned from the Boeing board in March 2020, say she disagreed with the company’s decision to seek Covid-related federal assistance.
Shane Goldmacher reporting contributed.