Background
Newsom was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Christine (Brennan) and William A. Newsom World War II His father was a close friend of Pat Brown, who rose from San Francisco district attorney to governor of California.
Newsom was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Christine (Brennan) and William A. Newsom World War II His father was a close friend of Pat Brown, who rose from San Francisco district attorney to governor of California.
Stanford University.
A lifelong San Franciscan, Newsom has longstanding political and financial ties. Newsom"s late sister Barbara was once married to Ron Pelosi, brother-in-law of United States. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Judicial career
Newsom went to University of San Francisco, followed by Stanford Law School and was admitted to the California Bar in 1962.
He worked as legal adviser to the Italian division of Getty Oil and then as a tax attorney for the Getty family.
In 1968, he ran unsuccessfully against State Senator Milton Marks, a popular Republican. In 1975, Jerry Brown appointed Newsom to the Superior Court bench in Auburn (Placer County) and later to the state Court of Appeals in San Francisco, where he served until 1995.
Investment management
Newsom currently serves as a financial advisor for the Getty family businesses. He directly manages the Gordon P. Getty Family Trust, which is estimated at more than $2 billion.
The trust earns about 2 percent a year resulting in approximately $40 million in annual income.
He screens potential investments and makes recommendations on real estate, stocks, bonds, and other ventures. "I make my living working for Gordon Getty," Newsom said in 2003.
