Ben Sasse is an American politician and educator. He belongs to the Republican Party. On December 23, 2025, he shared that doctors had found he was suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer at its final stage.
He served as a U.S. Senator for Nebraska from 2015 until 2023. He later stepped down to take on the role of the 13th president of the University of Florida, a position he held from February 2023 to July 2024.
Net Worth, Religion & Ethnicity
According to the reports, his current net worth from all his income sources is approximately $3 million as of December 2025. His religious faith is in the Christian religion.
He attends Grace Church, which is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) located in Fremont. He has an American White ethnicity.
Wife & Parents
As per the reports, he is married. His wife’s name is Melissa Sasse. He has three children named Breck Sasse, Alexandra Sasse, and Elizabeth Sasse.
He was born to his American parents. His mother’s name is Mrs Linda K. Dunklau, and his father’s name is Mr Gary Lynn Sasse. His siblings information is not updated yet.Â
Early Life & Educational Details
His real name is Benjamin Eric Sasse. He was born on 22 February 1972 in Plainview, Nebraska, United States. He finished high school at Fremont Senior High in 1990 as the top student of his class.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College in 1994 and spent part of 1992 studying abroad at the University of Oxford. Later, he completed a Master’s in liberal studies at St. John’s College in 1998.
He then went on to Yale University, where he earned a Master’s, a Master of Philosophy, and a PhD in history in 2004. In 2000, he was chosen as a Harvey Fellow by The Mustard Seed Foundation.
His PhD thesis, titled “The Anti-Madalyn Majority: Secular Left, Religious Right, and the Rise of Reagan’s America,” won the Theron Rockwell Field and George Washington Egleston awards.
Age, Height & Weight
As per his birthdate, he is 53 years old as of 2025. He is 5 ft 10 inches (1.79 meters) in height, and his weight is approximately 180lb (75kg). He has dark brown hair, and his eyes are dark brown.
Career Details
From September 1994 to November 1995, he worked as an associate consultant at Boston Consulting Group. After that, he spent a year as a consultant and executive director for Christians United For Reformation (CURE).
He has worked as a teacher at the University of Texas and was an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during George W. Bush’s presidency.
In 2010, he became the 15th president of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. In 2014, he ran for a U.S. Senate seat and won, beating Democrat David Domina with 65% of the vote.
He was reelected in 2020. On February 13, 2021, he was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment for inciting the January 6 at*ack.
He left the U.S. Senate on January 8, 2023, to become president of the University of Florida, taking over from Kent Fuchs.
After he resigned, reports showed that he had spent a lot of money as president, including on expensive consulting contracts and high-paying remote jobs for his former staff and Republican associates.
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