Michael T McCaul

US Representative for Texas' 10th district which stretches between Houston and Austin. Michael McCaul is also one of the wealthiest members of Congress with a net worth estimated around $294M (2011). A significant share of this is held by his wife (the daughter of Clear Channel Communcation CEO and Founder Lowry Mays), yet Michael own assets alone make him wealthy by all standards. Born in Dallas, TX, January 14, 1962; B.S., Trinity University, San Antonio, TX., 1984; J.D., St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX., 1987; lawyer, private practice; deputy attorney general, office of Texas state attorney general; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present); chair, Committee on Homeland Security (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress).