If Al Gore reverses course and decides to run for the White House in 2008, friends say he’s done so well in the private sector that he could most likely bankroll the start of his own campaign.
Talk of a Gore run heated up after the former vice president’s film "An Inconvenient truth” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature on Sunday night.
"If Al Gore wants to run, he will come with all the means necessary," said Donna Brazile, his former campaign manager.
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Gore has amassed a personal fortune since losing the White House race in 2000, according to a report last year in Forbes magazine, which reported:
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In 2001, Gore became a part-time senior adviser to Google, which went on to an IPO. His compensation is unknown, but Eric Schmidt, who joined the company a month later as the chairman, got equity eventually worth $5.2 billion.
Gore took a seat on the board of Apple Computer in 2003, and received 60,000 stock options.
A year later he became one of the investors in Current TV, a cable network aimed at young people.
Also in 2004, Gore founded Generation Investment Management with former Goldman Sachs executive David Blood. The London-based firm invests largely in companies that make environmentally friendly products.
Gore has commanded from $75,000 to $150,000 for paid appearances on the lecture circuit.
Gore has said he will donate any money he makes from "An Inconvenient Truth.”
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