Condoleezza “Condi” Rice, born on November 14, 1954, is an American diplomat, political scientist, professor, and public policy expert. She was the 66th U.S. Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009 under President George W. Bush and the 19th National Security Advisor from 2001 to 2005. Rice was the first woman and the first African-American woman to hold both positions. At the time, she was also the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. presidential line of succession. As a Republican, Rice played a major role in shaping U.S. foreign policy after 9/11, including involvement in the Iraq War, promoting Transformational Diplomacy, and supporting the spread of democracy. Since September 2020, she has been the director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Rice is still a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, teaches political science at Stanford, and directs the Global Centre for Business and the Economy at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. As of March 2026, at age 71, she continues to lecture, write, serve on corporate boards like Dropbox and Makena Capital Management, and comment on global affairs, foreign policy, leadership, and democracy. She stays active in public life by speaking at universities, think tanks, and conferences, but keeps her personal life private. Age Condoleezza Rice was born on November 14, 1954, in Birmingham, Alabama. As of March 2026, she is 71 years old. Husband Condoleezza Rice has never married. In the 1970s, she was briefly engaged to professional football player Rick Upchurch, but the relationship ended because she felt it would not last. Rice describes herself as single by choice and has focused on her career, public service, and personal interests. She has never had children and often speaks about the satisfaction she finds in her work, friendships, faith, and music. Education Condoleezza Rice earned her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Denver in 1974 at age 19, graduating cum laude and joining Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Master of Arts in political science from the University of Notre Dame the next year. In 1981, she completed her PhD in political science at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, focusing her dissertation on military policy and politics in communist Czechoslovakia. Early in her career, she studied Russian at Moscow State University in the summer of 1979 and interned at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Rice began her academic tenure at Stanford University as a fellow in the Arms Control and Disarmament Program (1980–1981), later serving as provost from 1993 to 1999. Throughout her career, she has received numerous honorary degrees from institutions including Morehouse College (1991), University of Alabama (1994), University of Notre Dame (1995), National Defense University (2002), Mississippi College School of Law (2003), University of Louisville (2004), Michigan State University (2004), Boston College (2006), Air University (2008), Johnson C. Smith University (2010), Southern Methodist University (2012), College of William & Mary (2015), Sewanee: The University of the South (2018), and Siena College (2021). Children Condoleezza Rice has never married or had children. She has openly shared that she chose to remain single and child-free, finding fulfillment in her career, friendships, faith, music, and public service. She has no known biological or adopted children and has not expressed regret about her choice. Net Worth Condoleezza Rice’s net worth in 2026 is estimated at $15–20 million. Her wealth comes from several sources: She received salaries and benefits during her government service as National Security Advisor (2001–2005) and Secretary of State (2005–2009). Academic positions and fellowships at Stanford University (professor, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, director since 2020) Speaking fees (one of the highest-paid speakers in the U.S. for decades) Book royalties and advances as sources of net worth (Extraordinary, Ordinary People 2010; No Higher Honour 2011; Democracy 2017; Political Risk 2018 with Amy Zegart) Corporate board positions (Dropbox, Makena Capital Management, and others) She derives additional income from investments and real estate, such as co-owning a Palo Alto home (2003–2017), and maintains personal savings. As a result, her financial stability has remained consistent through diversified income sources, prudent investments, and ongoing professional engagements. Profile Summary