Valerie Jarrett earned $740K as Obama insiders filled top roles during $850M presidential center build

Valerie Jarrett earned $740K as Obama insiders filled top roles during $850M presidential center build

Jarrett's compensation exceeds leaders at Bush, Carter, Reagan and Clinton foundations as Obama Foundation prepares to open $850M center on Chicago parkland

Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett, left, and the Obama Presidential Center under construction in Chicago’s Jackson Park, right. The Foundation reported nearly $210 million in total revenue in 2024, according to federal filings. (Fox 32; Steven Ferdman/Getty)

Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C) listens to U.S. President Barack Obama as he meets business leaders to discuss the need for commonsense immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 24, 2013. (Reuters)

Exterior view of the Obama Presidential Center tower under construction in Chicago. (Fox 32 Chicago)

Former President Barack Obama walks with David Simas, then-assistant to the president and director of the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, outside the Oval Office at the White House on May 18, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Simas earned up to $626,000 annually while leading the Obama Foundation from 2017 through 2020. (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (L) joins former U.S. President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama in a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Sept. 28, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)