Cindy Lou Hensley McCain or more professionally known as Cindy McCain is a businesswoman, a philanthropist, and a humanitarian.
She has won two Honorary degrees and was inducted in the year 2019 to the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame.
In 2017, John McCain her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor otherwise known as a glioblastoma. She announced the news to the public saying,
“We as a family will face the next hurdle together. One thing I do know is he is the toughest person I know. He is my hero and I love him with all my heart.“
As John McCain was the senator at the time and was not able to complete his tenure there was a process called the widow succeeding however a lot of controversies spun up and by the end of it a very tired Cindy McCain took to the public to make a statement saying
“I think the president fails to understand this, but more importantly, in my own – from my own feeling, we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness in terms of working together. We don’t need more bullying, and I’m tired of it.“
Her husband, John McCain passed away at the age of 81 in 2018 on the 25th of august.
Cindy McCain Net Worth is estimated around $400 Million
Cindy McCain has earned a lot and also inherited a lot throughout her career. Her estimated net worth according to sources for the year 2020 is $400 Million. Her salary currently is under review.
The Best Dressed Senior
Cindy McCain was born on the 20th of August 1954 to James Hensley and Marguerite Hensley in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father was the founder of Hensley & Co. She was the only child and was raised in North Central Avenue. She however has two half-siblings from her parent’s previous weddings. They are Dixie L. Burd and Kathleen Hensley Portalski.
Cindy McCain attended school at Central high school and she was also awarded the title of the best dressed senior and she completed her schooling in the year 1972. Cindy McCain attended the University of Southern California and attained a Bachelor of arts degree in education in the year 1976. She was also a part of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
She continued her path to her master’s degree at the University Of South California to get a masters of art in special education in the year 1978. She helped children who suffered from down’s syndrome and other disabled children in Arizona at the Agua Fria High School.
How Cindy met John
Cindy McCain met her husband John McCain at a military reception. At the time John McCain was married to Carol McCain but the couple got divorced in 1980. Cindy McCain got married to John McCain in the year 1980 and also signed an agreement that kept her assets under her name. The couple has four children out of which of them Meghan McCain is the daughter of John McCain’s previous marriage.
