Marianne Williamson, an American author formally declared her candidacy for president on Saturday, challenging Joe Biden for the 2024 nomination.
The spiritual leader and political activist unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate in 2014 from California’s 33rd Congressional district in the US House of Representatives. In January 2019 She also announced her campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 general elections. But she later suspended the campaign in January 2020.
Now, Williamson plans to run for the 2024 Democratic presidential elections on February 23, 2023.
Age
Marianne was born on July 8, 1952, in Houston, Texas. She was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family of Samuel “Sam” Williamson, a World War II veteran and immigration lawyer and Sophie Ann Kaplan, a homemaker and community volunteer.
Her father and maternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her grandfather changed his surname from Vishnevetsky to Williamson after seeing “Alan Williamson Ltd” on a train. Williamson described herself as a “Jewish woman” in a 2022 interview.
She is the youngest of three children of her parents. Her brother, Peter became an immigration attorney like her father. Her late sister, Elizabeth “Jane”, was a teacher.
Net Worth
Marianne Williamson had an estimated net worth of $1.5 million, according to Forbes in October 2019.
Husband name
Williamson was married to a Houston businessman in 1979. This marriage lasted for “a minute and a half,” she said.
Children
Williamson gave birth to a daughter named India Emmaline in 1990. Emmaline pursued a doctorate in history at Goldsmiths College in London.
The 70-year-old activist was named one of the 50 most influential baby boomers in 2006.
