Richard Mellon Scaife Net Worth

This billionaire Mellon family heir is perhaps best remembered for publishing the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He also founded several non-profit, public policy organizations, including the Carthage and Sarah Scaife Foundations.

Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth DayJuly 3, 1932
Birth PlacePennsylvania
Richard Mellon Scaife age91 YEARS OLD
Birth SignCancer

💰 Net worth: $1.3 billion (2024)

About

This billionaire Mellon family heir is perhaps best remembered for publishing the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He also founded several non-profit, public policy organizations, including the Carthage and Sarah Scaife Foundations.

Before Fame

After being forced to leave Yale University as a result of his participation in a party involving alcohol consumption, he enrolled in the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh.

Trivia

His extreme dislike for Democratic President Bill Clinton led him to give close to two million dollars to the Arkansas Project of The American Spectator (which sought to substantiate claims of sexual harassment against Clinton).

Family Life

He grew up in Pittsburgh as the son of Sarah Mellon and Alan Scaife. With his first wife, Frances Gilmore, he had a daughter and a son; his second marriage, to Margaret Battle, also ended in divorce.

Associated With

He donated nearly a million dollars to the re-election campaign of President Richard Nixon.

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