Editing Arnold Schwarzenegger (section)

=== Wealth ===
{{See also|List of richest American politicians}}

In 2024, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated that Schwarzenegger was a billionaire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 30, 2024 |title=How Arnold Schwarzenegger Became A Billionaire |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2024/05/30/how-arnold-schwarzenegger-became-a-billionaire/ |url-access=subscription |work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>

In June 1997, Schwarzenegger spent $38&nbsp;million on a private Gulfstream jet.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fleming |first=Charles |title=High concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess |title-link=High concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7475-4262-9}}</ref>

Regarding his private fortune, Schwarzenegger once quipped: "Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50&nbsp;million, but I was just as happy when I had $48&nbsp;million."<ref name="Brooks-2003"/>

In 2003, Schwarzenegger's net worth was conservatively estimated at $100&nbsp;million to $200&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Lance |date=August 17, 2003 |title=Schwarzenegger worth $100&nbsp;million, experts say |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Schwarzenegger-worth-100-million-experts-say-2561106.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328121715/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F08%2F17%2FTAXES.TMP |archive-date=March 28, 2008 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

After separating from his wife, [[Maria Shriver]], in 2011, it was estimated that his net worth had been approximately $400&nbsp;million, and even as high as $800&nbsp;million, based on tax returns he filed in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 10, 2011 |title=Arnold and Maria's Surprise Split: How Much is at Stake in Divorce? |url=https://extratv.com/2011/05/10/arnold-and-marias-surprise-split-how-much-is-at-stake-in-divorce/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905045222/http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/05/arnold_and_marias_surprise_split_how_much_is_at_stake_in_divorce.php |archive-date=September 5, 2011 |work=[[Extra (American TV program)|Extra]]}}</ref>