Quick Facts of Amy Merritt Rule
- Full NameAmy Merritt Rule
- NicknameAmy Rule
- Marital Status
Married - BirthplaceChicago,USA
- SpouseRahm Emanuel
- Children3
Amy Rule is a popular name as she was the former City of Chicago First Lady. A lady from a middle class and simple family gained such popularity after she was married to former Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel. They have been married for more than three decades and still great going.
Also. the husband and wife became parents of three children from their long marriage span. Now she keeps herself busy in many social activities and the welfare of people. Let know about her personal life and other details closely.
Life of Amy
Amy was born as Amy Merritt Rule in Chicago, the USA in the simple middle-class family. Information about her date of birth and her parents are not available till now. She completed her art history degree from Tufts University. After that gathered her master’s degree in medieval art history from the University of Chicago. Before being the City of Chicago she works as assistant commissioner in the Department of Environment.
She worked as City of Chicago First Lady for eight years and after that, she involved herself in social activities especially helping poor children. She was the co-host of a private event for the artist of the Floating Museum. Amy always wants to keep herself away from show-off and media that’s why she always helped small groups and non-profit organizations.
Personal Life
Amy is married to former and 55th Mayor of Chigaco Rahm Emanuel for nearly three decades and they both are happy together. Their first meeting was a blind date in 1993 which was set of by their common friend, Antonia Contro. While they first met Amy was working in an Art Institution. After that, they continuously met because of their common interest and soon began to fall for each other.
After dating each for about a year they decided to make their relationship official and took their wedding vows in 1994 with their families and friends. Rule loves Emanuel so much that she turned herself to Judaism before their marriage.
They gave birth to three children one son Zakaria Emanuel and two daughters Illana Emanuel and Leah Emanuel. Amy mostly spends her life with her family. They are living a blissful life and they go on a family trip every year so that their children know about different countries and cultures. They are also not heard having any extramarital affairs and any rumors of separating.
Net Worth
Amy is living a wealthy and lavish lifestyle. This is because she has earned a good amount of money and her husband’s earning is also enough for them to have such a life. While Amy was working as an assistant commissioner she used to earn over $65 thousand but after that began serving nonprofit organizations.
Considering all this, her net worth is around $200 thousand. But her husband used to earn $216’210 as mayor of Chicago and later in 2018 his earning was $550 thousand. He is also earning about $353 thousand as interest and capital gains. His estimated net worth is about $13 million.