How Kellyanne Conway makes and spends her $39 million fortune

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President Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway in November 2016.

Kellyanne Conway's climb - from the strategist behind Donald Trump's rise to his campaign manager to his White House counselor - has been closely watched by the media.

When Conway joined the Trump administration, she and her husband, New York City lawyer George Conway, disclosed assets worth up to $39.3 million. Much of that wealth comes from Kellyanne's political-polling business, which she started in 1995, at the age of 28.

Today, Conway is earning an annual salary of $179,700, according to the Staff Salaries report that was published by the White House on June 30. 

Here's how she has amassed her fortune - and spent it - since graduating law school.