Dr. Anthony Fauci has significantly increased his wealth since retiring from federal government in December 2022, accumulating an estimated $12.5 million through various income sources, according to a New York Post analysis of financial disclosure records obtained by government watchdog Open The Books.
Financial disclosures spanning 141 pages show Fauci earned approximately $3.5 million during his first year after leaving public service. His post-retirement income has come from speaking engagements, book deals, academic appointments, awards, royalties, and a government pension estimated at over $350,000 annually - described as the largest federal pension on record.
Fauci directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years before retiring in December 2022, when he was the highest-paid federal employee earning an annual salary of $480,654. Public records show he received $75,000 for a speech at the University of Minnesota in April, with industry estimates placing his standard speaking fee between $50,000 and $100,000 per appearance. Since 2024, he has reportedly participated in at least 18 speaking engagements, generating an estimated minimum of $900,000.
Publishing industry sources told The New York Post that Penguin Random House's Viking imprint paid Fauci approximately $5 million for his 2024 memoir, "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service." He also holds a faculty position at Georgetown University, estimated to have earned him at least $750,000. Universities and medical organizations have honored him with awards carrying substantial cash prizes, including Columbia University's $50,000 Calderone Prize and the National Academy of Medicine's $40,000 Lienhard Prize. He continues receiving royalties from a McGraw-Hill medical textbook he has edited since the 1980s, with annual payments listed between $100,000 and $1 million.
The Post estimates Fauci's net worth has risen to approximately $27.5 million, up from roughly $7.6 million in 2019 and $15 million by 2023. Georgetown University professor Lawrence Gostin described Fauci as "kind and generous with his time for students" And noted he remains "super fit but walks rather than runs" At age 85. Fauci and his wife Christine Grady have become increasingly visible attending Georgetown events and are frequently seen near their $2.4 million Washington, D.C. Home.
In his memoir, Fauci wrote that he "opted instead for a no-bells-and-whistles, carrots-and-hummus affair" For his retirement celebration. However, Dr. Carole Lieberman, who regularly invited him to appear on Lifetime Medical Television during the 1990s, offered a different perspective, telling The Post: "He always said yes [to coming on]. Every single time I called him he said yes, but it wasn't really my talent for booking him, it was his narcissism."