Nikki Haley has held some very prominent jobs recently. She began her career outside of politics by working in a waste management and recycling center and then she worked for her family’s business in a clothing company. She used her knowledge of accounting in these two businesses.
However, her money was made through her work as the governor in South Carolina and recently as the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Recently she resigned. Due to her political jobs mostly, her net worth is around one million four hundred thousand dollars. She lived in South Carolina when she was governor. It is unknown what she will do next and whether that will affect her net worth. Most likely it will.