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In reply to the discussion: A warning about Nikki Haley [View all]SCantiGOP
(13,866 posts)Her family emigrated from India and made a first-generation fortune (legally as far as I know). They started a high-end women's clothing store and invested their profits in real estate.
Nikki does have one black mark on her financial resume. She was employed as a major donor fund raiser, asking corporations for $100,000 plus donations on behalf of the largest hospital consortium in Columbia. Testimony from several people who worked there said she was only seen on premises a time or two, and there were serious questions if she was earning her $100,000 stipend or just receiving it so she would vote the right way as a State legislator. But this all came out during the campaign and didn't really hurt her, and of course it pales in comparison to getting $400 million from Daddy and then teaming with the NY mob to rip people in with real estate deals.