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Average Private Sector Experience of Top Officials Last 100 Years (1925–2025)
| President (Term) | Avg. Yrs. Private Sector Experience |
|---|
| Calvin Coolidge (1925–29) | 18 |
| Herbert Hoover (1929–33) | 15 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–45) | 12 |
| Harry S. Truman (1945–53) | 12 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–61) | 15 |
| John F. Kennedy (1961–63) | 6 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–69) | 10 |
| Richard Nixon (1969–74) | 15 |
| Gerald Ford (1974–77) | 12 |
| Jimmy Carter (1977–81) | 8 |
| Ronald Reagan (1981–89) | 18 |
| George H.W. Bush (1989–93) | 14 |
| Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | 10 |
| George W. Bush (2001–09) | 16 |
| Barack Obama (2009–17) | 5 |
| Donald Trump 1st Term (2017–21) | 13 |
| Joe Biden (2021–25) | 2.4 |
| Donald Trump 2nd Term (2025–) | 10.2 |
| 100-Year Average | 11.9 |
Color code: red pastel = under 10 yrs green pastel = 10–15 yrs yellow = over 15 yrs
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How are these numbers derived? From the time he graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1968 until he announced his Presidential run in 2015, Donald Trump was involved in the private sector. That would be 47 years of experience, not counting his activities between his two terms. Reagan was employed in the private sector as a broadcaster, an actor, and a company spokesman from 1932 to the beginning of 1966, when he announced his run for governor of California. Taking away his three years in the Army, that would be 30 years of service. As for Clinton, Obama, and Biden, did they work at anything than kid-type jobs like fast food or Christmas help, along with working at law firms or state universities?
To: nclaurel
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12/02/2025 5:14:46 PM PST by
nclaurel
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