Kash Patel, confirmed last month as the first Indian-American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, holds assets worth $5.9 million – according to a Business Insider estimate derived from his 2024 public financial disclosure.
Patel derived $2.1 million in 2024 from Trishul LLC, a limited liability company he founded that advises clients on national security, defense policy along with intelligence matters. The firm will suspend operations during his tenure as director, the disclosure states. Trishul’s client list includes Trump Media & Technology Group, the Embassy of Qatar in addition to the Save America leadership political action committee. Patel resigned from the Trump Media board upon confirmation.
Royalties from four books added between $145,000 and $1.15 million to Patel’s 2024 income. Three illustrated children’s titles – âThe Plot Against the King,â âThe Plot Against the King 2000 Mules,â and âThe Plot Against the King 3: The Return of the Kingâ – generated $45,000 to $150,000. A nonfiction work, âGovernment Gangsters,â produced $100,000 to $1 million.
Patel collected $306,000 from media appearances and paid speeches last year. The Epoch Times paid him $99,000 for on air commentary. Additional fees came from conference keynotes and university lectures.
His portfolio contains a $1 million to $5 million stake in Elite Depot, a Cayman Islands-registered fashion management company. He also holds $50,000 to $100,000 in Bitcoin exchange traded funds and a similar range in Nvidia shares.
Patel’s career began as a federal public defender in Florida – he later served as a terrorism prosecutor at the Department of Justice, senior counsel to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, and chief of staff to acting defense secretary Christopher Miller.
