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“I want people that made a fortune!”

A populist wave may have propelled Donald Trump to the nation’s highest office, but he is proving to be no man of the people. Trump has already

proposed what appears to be the wealthiest Cabinet in modern U.S. history, a collection of elites that includes a billionaire heiress, ExxonMobil’s CEO, a

former Goldman Sachs partner and an investor who made millions off underwater mortgages during the financial crisis.

All told, Trump’s Cabinet is worth an estimated $4.5 billion -- and he still has 2 picks (the secretaries of agriculture and veterans’ affairs) to make.

Estimates for Trump’s Cabinet do not include the president-elect’s own (supposed) $3.7 billion fortune, or that of any officials outside the Cabinet who are

billionaires or members of a billionaire family, such as Army secretary pick Vincent Viola, Deputy commerce secretary pick Todd Ricketts and SBA pick Linda McMahon.

• Wilbur Ross: $2.5 billion (Secretary of Commerce)
• Betsy DeVos: $1.25 billion (Secretary of Education)
• Rex Tillerson: $325 million (Secretary of State)
• Steve Mnuchin: $300 million (Secretary of the Treasury)
• Andy Puzder: $45 million (Secretary of Labor)
• Ben Carson: $29 million (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
• Elaine Chao: $24 million (Secretary of Transportation)
• Tom Price: $10 million (Secretary of Health and Human Services)
• Jeff Sessions: $6 million (Attorney General)
• James Mattis: $5 million (Secretary of Defense)
• John Kelly: $4 million (Secretary of Homeland Security)
• Rick Perry: $2 million (Secretary of Energy)
• Mike Pence: $800,000 (Vice President)
• Ryan Zinke: $800,000 (Secretary of the Interior)