Cindy McCain: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights

Cindy Lou Hensley was born on 20 May 1954, in Phoenix, Arizona USA, into a relatively wealthy family, and is perhaps best known as the wife of former presidential candidate and US senator John McCain, but importantly as a significant businesswoman in her own right
So just how rich is Cindy McCain, as of mid-2017? Cindy’s net worth is estimated by celebrity dot money to be over 110 million dollars, accumulated by this highly efficient business woman - and philanthropist - during her working life in business, which began in the 1980s, having previously been involved in education.
What parents wouldn't wish their child to be born with a silver spoon in their mouth? While Arizona folks enjoyed sipping cool beer from Anheuser-Busch breweries, Cindy McCain’s father did his best to quench their thirst, gradually making it to the top in the beer-distribution business long before Cindy had entered this world as the only daughter to James and Marguerite Hensley. James founded Hensley & Co., which was profitable enough to gain the family affluent standards of living, as well as funding Cindy's education. After finishing Central High School in 1972, Cindy left Phoenix for the University of Southern California, graduating from it with a Bachelor of Arts in education in 1976, and a Master of Arts in special education in 1978.
Her academic years lead to work as a special education teacher, which experience resulted in the publication of her study “Movement Therapy: A Possible Approach”, aimed at improving the treatment standards of severely disabled children. This success added to Cindy’s net worth, but the strong charity traditions of her social stratum and her personal commitment led to the foundation of American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) in 1988, a non-profit organization which provided medical help in Micronesia, Vietnam, Iraq, Nicaragua, India, Bangladesh, etc.
Subsequently, in 1995 the Hensley Family Foundation was established, and thereafter Cindy frequented war- and poverty-stricken regions in third-world countries as a board-member of Operation Smile, Eastern Congo Initiative and the HALO Trust. Her attention focused on humanitarian aid, global economic crises, and struggles with sex-trafficking. However, after her father's death, she gained the controlling position at Hensley & Co. as its chair, which along with the business aspects, greatly expanded both her assets and so opportunities for donating to several humanitarian projects, home and abroad. Obviously, her net worth received a big boost.
Presuming that a woman's marriage equals her birth in consequences, fate favored Cindy by presenting her with a second silver spoon in 1980, when her wedding to John McCain took place. Since 1984 the couple has been blessed with three children, and a fourth, a victim of the Bangladesh cyclone, was adopted in 1991. Meanwhile, Cindy continued to support her husband both morally and financially on his way towards the apex of his political career as a Republican representative in the United States Senate, followed by his nominations for presidential candidate in 2000 and 2008.
Unfortunately, even the most admirable ones occasionally walk under clouds. Soon after her wedding to newly divorced John McCain, her social life was overshadowed by his ex-wife Caroline, whose influence and popularity initially contributed to Cindy being rejected by The White House community. Also, during exhaustive service at AVMT (1988-1995) she had developed an addiction to pain-killers due to recurrent severe migraines, opting for illegally prescribed medicine - she subsequently regretted her misconduct publicly, proclaiming her will to help pain-sufferers with a similar addiction to face and combat the problem. Also, the McCains were involved in the notorious Keating Five bank scandal.
Still speaking of clouds… it seems that most of them had a silver lining for Cindy, as she kept on pursuing her goals with stamina and perseverance, particularly with regard to sex-trafficking, child abuse and prostitution. More than once she has been compared to Mother Teresa and Lady Diana. In the end, great givers become great gainers.
Cindy and John McCain are still based in Arizona.

[mariannedooley]

Such class .. Dating a married man with a family who was badly injured . In those days this was unheard of and this dame, young a beautiful stole a stinkers of a husband from a poor woman that had already suffered enough and waited for John to come home. McCain is just superficial and looks, not character was what he wanted. He was a cold manipulating bum as far as I am concerned and this woman is getting all this fanfare for breaking up a marriage. These people are those that have created this marriage problem with their no fault divorce. I cannot believe this hero stuff.. John looked after only John

[mariaherron]

Cindy u are rich in spirit and soul I love u ❤️Cindy we need appliances please help us maria Cortez california

[charlottebarnes]

Where's the news of first family and his first wife they were part of his life No Hero

[dawnbailey]

If she is 18 yrs his junior was he 120 yrs old.

[clogue]

HER FAMILY OWNED THE BUSH BEER, THAT'S HOW CINDY GOT SO RICH....THEN SHE SOLD IT TO A CO. IN GERMANY, AND SHE GOT RICHER....

[tigersteele]

HER FAMILY OWNS HENNSLEY DISTRIBUTION IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. DISTRIBUTES BUDWEISER AND ITS PRODUCTS!!!!

[ManuelGuzman]

Shes alot younder than the late jhon mccain

[pattibarry]

I don't care what her net worth is. I just know she is a lovely person. And her husband was and is a hero and national treasure. If there are haters on this site . I don't care. Put your hate you know where. I'm not a Republican either.

[nancyreinitz]

Get rid of the f---king music..geez how irriatating!!!

[magdagarcia]

Yea if you have money too can become a spoil, bratty person and narcissist too, I think she did very well raising very good kids with the senator.

[bettyowens]

Wee sound like he got or had a lot of money, more then President

[MAlley-fmet]

Didn't show the supposedly adopted black girl

[judydawe]

His ex wife Caroline?? Was John McCain married to Caroline Kennedy? His ex wife is Carol !

[lucillecampanale]

VOTE TRUMP 2020!
KEEP THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS!
GET OUT AND VOTE AND TAKE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH YOU!
😉

[artisticwhistleblower]

cannot stand her, nor her husband (that was)

[TheFoxisintheHouse]

Update Senator John McCain passed away.

[nycruise]

LOVE CINDY!!! What I really like about the whole "John and Cindy" saga is that HE went after HER. She was and is still RICH! She didn't marry him for his money! (Unlike a certain national leader who's married 3 times to women who went after him for HIS money.) The love between them is genuine. Apparently that wasn't part of Wife #1's relationship with John. DEAL WITH IT BITCHES!