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Shashi Tharoor Net Worth

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Updated on January 12, 2026



Shashi Tharoor net worth is
$1.3 Million

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Shashi Tharoor (born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician and has been twice elected Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He was previously Minister of State in the Government of India for External Affairs (2009–2010) and Human Resource Development (2012–2014). He is a member of the Indian National Congress and served as an official spokesperson for the party from January to October 2014. Until 2007 he was a career official at the United Nations, rising to the rank of Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information in 2001. But after 29 years in service, he announced his departure after coming a close second in the 2006 elections for the Secretary-General to Ban Ki-moon.Tharoor is also a well-known award-winning writer, having authored 14 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1985, all of which are centered on India and its history, culture, film, politics, society, foreign policy, and more. He is also the author of hundreds of columns and articles in publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, Newsweek, and The Times of India. He also served for 2 years as Contributing Editor for Newsweek International From 2010–2012 he authored a column in The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle and for most of 2012, till his appointment as Minister, a column in Mail Today; he also writes an internationally syndicated monthly column for Project Syndicate. He has, in the past, authored columns regularly for the Indian Express (1991–93 and 1996–2001), The Hindu (2001–2008), and The Times of India (2007–2009).Tharoor is also a globally-recognized speaker on India's economics and politics, as well as on freedom of the press, human rights, Indian culture, and international affairs. 
Net Worth$1.3 Million
Date Of BirthMarch 9, 1956
Place Of BirthLondon, England, UK
OccupationAuthor, Diplomat, Politician, Columnist, Public Speaker, Civil Servant.
ProfessionWriter
Work Positionfor Thiruvananthapuram
ResidenceNew Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram
NationalityIndian
SpouseTilottama Mukherji
ChildrenIshaan, Kanishk
NicknamesShashi Tharoor, Tharoor, Shashi
Star SignPisces
#Fact
1Completed a Ph.D at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University between 1975 and 1978.
2Authors of successful novels such as "The Great Indian Novel" (1989), "Show Business" (1992), which was made into the film Bollywood (1994), and "Riot" (2001).
3Having been United Nations Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information since 2002, he campaigned to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General, but finally withdrew his candidacy.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Bollywood1994novel "Show Business"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Daily Show2014TV SeriesHimself
Q&A2013TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
U.N. Me2009DocumentaryHimself
The Colbert Report2007-2008TV SeriesHimself
Real Time with Bill Maher2008TV SeriesHimself
The Al Franken Show2005TV SeriesHimself
How to Start Your Own Country2005TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York2005TV Movie documentaryHimself
HBO First Look2005TV Series documentaryHimself
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War1998TV Series documentaryHimself - United Nations Spokesman
The Death of Yugoslavia1995TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself

Known for movies

The Death of Yugoslavia (1995)
as Himself

U.N. Me (2009)
as Himself

9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York (2005)
as Himself

Bollywood (1994)
as Writer