Mitch Daniels Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

David Mitchell “Mitch” Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is a former politician and academic administrator from the United States who served as Governor of the state of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. He is a Republican Party member who lives in the United States. Daniels has served as the President of Purdue University since that year. Daniels, who was born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Princeton University who then went on to study law at the Indiana University Robert H. 

McKinney School of Law before receiving his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center. He is married and has two children. Daniels began his professional career as an assistant to Richard Lugar, serving as his Chief of Staff in the Senate from 1977 to 1982. In 1983, while Lugar was Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Daniels was appointed Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. 

His first job out of college was as a key political advisor and liaison to President Ronald Reagan in 1985, before being named President of the Hudson Institute, a conservative think group. Daniels returned to Indiana and joined Eli Lilly and Company, where he served as President of North American Operations from 1993 to 1997 and Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Policy from 1997 to 2001. Daniels received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 1993. Daniels was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget in January 2001, a position he held until his retirement in June 2003. 

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