Jim Justice (Governor of West Virginia) Salary, Net Worth, Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Children, Career, Facts

Jim Justice Age, Height & Weight

• As of 2020, Jim Justice age is 68 years old.
• He stands on a height of 6 feet 7 inches tall.
• He weighs around 70 Kg.
• His eye color is dark brown and has blonde hair.
• He wears a shoe size of 9 UK.

Jim Justice Salary & Net Worth

• As of 2020, Jim Justice net worth is estimated around $1.5 billion.
• James C. Justice II is many things.
• He is a coal mining billionaire as well.
• He is the 36th governor of West Virginia. He owns (along with his kids) some 100 companies.
• He is also a man who has a hard time paying the bills.
• Since 2016 courts have ordered Justice and his companies to pay more than $10 million to more than a dozen suppliers, workers and government entities.
• Over the same time, his companies also piled up $13 million-plus in tax liens.
• He claims to have paid off many of these. Still looming, another $60 million in potential damages in a civil case awaiting final judgment, plus up to $3 million in fines in Kentucky.
• In 2009, Justice sold Bluestone and its 725 million tons of reserves to Mechel for $436 million in cash, a chunk of preferred stock, plus the assumption of more than $100 million in debt.
• On top of all that, the Russians were contractually on the hook to buy additional coal from Justice.
• He found reserves that he said were worth $165 million. Mechel balked, claiming the coal was worth only $25 million.

Jim Justice Wife

• As of 2020, Jim Justice is married with Cathy Comer, in 1975.
• He met his wife, Cathy in high school.
• They have two children, Jay and Jill.
• Justice is a lifelong fan of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL), and spent $30 million to develop a training facility for the team to use in 2014 at the Greenbrier.
• Until 2019, he hosted the Greenbrier Classic, a PGA Tour event, at the Greenbrier annually.

Jim Justice Quick Facts

Jim Justice Early Life & Education

• Jim Justice was born on April 27, 1951, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
• He is the son of James Conley Justice and Edna Ruth Justice.
• Justice grew up in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
• He enrolled at the University of Tennessee on an athletic scholarship for golf, but transferred to Marshall University.
• At Marshall, he was a two-year captain on the Thundering Herd golf team.
• As per his education, he earned his bachelor’s degree and Master in Business Administration from Marshall.

Jim Justice Career

• As per his career, in 2015, Justice declared his candidacy for Governor of West Virginia in the 2016 election as a member of the Democratic Party.
• He had been a registered member of the Republican Party until changing his registration in February 2015.
• This was his first time running for political office.
• In May 2016, Justice won the Democratic nomination for governor and ran against Republican nominee Bill Cole in the general election.
• On November 8, Justice won the election.
• Justice was endorsed by the United Mine Workers.

Facts about Jim Justice

• Justice began his gubernatorial campaign and political career as a conservative Democrat.
• Currently, he lives in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
• He is being sued about his residency by state house assistant minority whip Isaac Sponaugle, on the basis that Justice is not actually living in the West Virginia Governor’s Mansion in Charleston.
• The state constitution requires the governor to “reside at the seat of government,” Charleston.
• The lawsuit is now before the West Virginia State Supreme Court.