- Gov. Jerry Brown of California is incredibly frugal, his wife revealed in a recent interview.
- She said Brown has worn the same pair of sneakers for 25 years and gets upset when she buys him clothes.
- Brown is the highest-paid governor in the US â his salary will reach $201,680 in December, just before he leaves office.
Gov. Jerry Brown of California may be the highest-paid governor in the United States, earning close to $200,000 a year, but according to his wife, his frugality runs deep.
In a recent interview, the online magazine Alta asked California's first lady Anne Gust Brown, 60, if her 80-year-old husband was "materialistic."
Brown replied: "Oh. God, no."
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Brown will retire at the end of his fourth term in January â he The couple plans to retreat to their fully solar-powered, "off-the-grid" ranch in Northern California.
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