Nick Schmit: Who is he?

Nick Schmit, a former assistant chief of protocol at the US State Department, served under Hillary Clinton and later John Kerry as secretary of state.

He is well known for being the spouse of well-known American media personality and writer, Jonathan Capehart, in addition to his current position as the Global Public Affairs Strategist.

Childhood and Education

Nick Schmit, who is of American nationality and white ethnicity, was born on December 30, 1980, in the United States. No pertinent information about his parents, siblings, or family history has ever been made public up until the present day.

Nick enrolled at the University of North Dakota after finishing his elementary and secondary studies.

Career

Schmit began his professional career as the Director of Finance at the Clinton Foundation in 2002 after completing his studies, where he developed his skills over the following two years. The state of New York was his next stop, and there he started managing the state’s annual budget.

He joined Hillary Clinton’s “Hillary for America” presidential campaign in 2006, where he was named compliance director. In 2007, he rejoined the Clinton Foundation, and in 2009, he suffered a major professional breakthrough when Nick Schmit was named assistant chief of protocol for the US Department of State. He worked for Hillary Clinton from 2009 to 2013, and John Kerry was US Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. Nick worked for the US State Department from 2013 to 2017.

The union with Jonathan Capehart

2011 saw the couple’s first encounter when the husband of Human Right Campaign head Jed Hastings put them in touch. Their second encounter took place half a year later when their love story started, and by that time Capehart was already in a relationship.

The pair decided to take their relationship to the next level after a few years of steady growth, and in May 2016 Jonathan proposed to Nick when they were on vacation in Positano, Italy, along the Amalfi Coast. Their nuptials took place on January 7, 2017, at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Jonathan T. Capehart, who is of American nationality and African-American ethnicity, was born on July 2, 1967, in Newark, New Jersey, in the United States. After graduating from Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School, he attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, for his postsecondary education. He started working for NBC as a researcher for the network’s television program “The Today Show.” Capehart worked for Bloomberg News from 2001 to 2002 after serving on the editorial board of the New York Daily News from 1993 to 2000.

Jonathan worked as the deputy editor of the New York Daily News from 2002 to 2004, and starting in 2004, he was the senior counselor of public affairs and senior vice president of the global PR agency Hill & Knowlton. Since 2007, Capehart has worked as a journalist, editorial board member, and MSNBC contributor for The Washington Post.

Net Worth

His net worth, as of the middle of 2018, was thought to be close to $2 million, and his annual salary at the time was reported to be over $65,000. Nick and Jonathan undoubtedly lead opulent lives given that his husband’s net worth is reported to be $3 million.

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