Paul Farmer Net Worth
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Updated on January 14, 2026
Paul Farmer net worth is
$1.3 Million
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Paul Edward Farmer (born October 26, 1959) is an American anthropologist and physician who is best known for his humanitarian work providing "first world" health care for "third world" people, beginning in Haiti. Co-founder of international social justice and health organization Partners In Health (PIH), he is "the man who would cure the world" as made famous in the award-winning Mountains Beyond Mountains by Pulitzer-prize-winning author Tracy Kidder.Farmer is currently the Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University, formerly the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician and Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.In May 2009 he was named chairman of Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, succeeding Jim Yong Kim, his longtime friend, collaborator, and, Template:As of, President of the World Bank. On December 17, 2010, Harvard University's President, Drew Gilpin Faust, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College, named him a University Professor, the highest honor that the University can bestow on one of its faculty members. In 2010 he was appointed as United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti on December 28, 2012.He currently resides in Kigali, Rwanda. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. He is editor-in-chief of Health and Human Rights Journal. In May 2009, Farmer was nominated to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, but the nomination was withdrawn. In August 2009, Paul Farmer was named United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti to assist in improving the economic and social conditions of the Caribbean nation. | Net Worth | $1.3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 26, 1959 |
| Place Of Birth | North Adams, Massachusetts, USA |
| Profession | American anthropologist |
| Education | PhD |
| Nationality | American, Rwandan |
| Nicknames | Farmer, Paul, Paul Farmer |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | My success as a doctor has been dependent on people who can make sure patients and their families receive the services that we prescribe. The best delivery idea we've had, looking at chronic disease, has been community health workers who can accompany patients over time. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Physician. Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University. |
| 2 | Brother of Jeff Farmer. |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bending the Arc | 2017 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Colbert Report | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Charlie Rose | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Democracy Now! | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frontline | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Co-Founder, Partners in Health |
| 60 Minutes | 1999-2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Haiti Relief Doctor (segment "Haiti") / Himself - Partners in Health (segment "Dr. Farmer's Remedy") / Himself - Harvard Medical School (segment "TB") |
| I Am Because We Are | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Now | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Doctor |
| Aristide and the Endless Revolution | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Bending the Arc (2017)
as Himself
Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005)
as Himself
I Am Because We Are (2008)
as Himself
60 Minutes (1999-2010)
as Himself - Haiti Relief Doctor (segment "Haiti") /