Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here's What We Know About His Money



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Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here's What We Know About His Money 
The National Rifle Association's executive vice president and CEO, Wayne LaPierre, speaks during the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor in Oxen Hill, Maryland, on Thursday. (photo: Jim Watson/Getty)
Brad Tuttle, TIME
Tuttle writes: "Considering how wealthy he has become during his years at the helm of the NRA, LaPierre himself is arguably one of America's 'elites.' How much money does Wayne LaPierre make? What is Wayne LaPierre's net worth? Here's what we know about his money."
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Chairman of Icahn Enterprises Carl Icahn. (photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty)
Chairman of Icahn Enterprises Carl Icahn. (photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty)

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Comb Wash, a valley in Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. (photo: Andrew Cullen/Reuters)

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