After Retirement, Clark Has Forged a Lucrative Career [View All]

[Khephra]

When Wesley K. Clark retired from the military three years ago and was building a new career, one of the first people he called was Richard C. Holbrooke, the former United Nations envoy.

Mr. Holbrooke was brutally honest about the general's marketability. "I told him, 'Trust me, no one has ever heard of you,' " Mr. Holbrooke recalled in an interview. "And he shot back, `Well, I was the supreme commander of NATO.' "

And although General Clark, the latest entrant in the Democratic presidential field, left the military with precious little in the bank to show for years of public service, he has managed to find his way to wealth. In just three years, he has patched together a career heavy with speaking engagements and seats on corporate boards, and has even taken a stab at investment banking. All of which has put him in the enviable position of having $2 million in checking accounts and an annual income that topped $1.6 million last year.

General Clark declined to be interviewed for this article, but his campaign provided information to The New York Times on his earnings and assets.

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