Giorgia Meloni — Net Worth and Career Earnings
Giorgia Meloni has an estimated net worth of $3 million as of 2026, reflecting a career spent almost entirely in Italian politics since her teenage years. She became Prime Minister of Italy in October 2022 following her Fratelli d'Italia party's victory in the general election — making her the first female Prime Minister in Italian history and, at 45, the youngest person to hold the office. Her autobiography Io sono Giorgia (I am Giorgia) became an international bestseller following her election victory.
Meloni's Prime Ministerial salary of approximately €115,000 per year is the primary component of her modest personal wealth. She founded Fratelli d'Italia in 2012, positioning it as a post-fascist conservative nationalist party that has grown from a fringe movement to the largest party in Italy under her leadership. She served briefly as a Member of the European Parliament from 2006 to 2008 and as Minister for Youth in Berlusconi's government from 2008 to 2011.
Meloni grew up in the Garbatella neighbourhood of Rome in a working-class family — her father left when she was a child, a biographical detail she references regularly. She has been in a relationship with television journalist Andrea Giambruno, with whom she has a daughter, though the couple separated publicly in 2023 after Giambruno made inappropriate comments on camera. Her political positions — socially conservative, eurosceptic, strongly pro-Ukraine — have made her one of Europe's most discussed leaders and a prominent figure in the global conversation about the rise of nationalist conservative movements.