Table of Biography
R. Jai Gillum is the director of the Florida Dental Association which hails from Montgomery, Alabama. R. Jai Gillum is more popular as the wife of an American representative and politician, Andrew Gillum.
Early Life
R. Jai Gillum was born in the year 1978, in Montgomery, Alabama. As of 2024, her age must be forty-five years old and she has been following the Christian religion. Likewise, the celebrity partner is an American native and is of Afro-American ethnicity. Even though she was born in Montgomery, she was residing in Tallahassee for 2 decades.
The director seems to be very close to her mom. However, there is no further information regarding her father and siblings. Additionally, her full birth name is Rashada Jai Howard.
Education
Regarding the director’s educational background, Gillum is a well-educated personality. For her studies, he went to a private school and later she attended the University of Alabama. Jai Gillum has already achieved a bachelor’s degree in the field of biology.
In the beginning, she wanted to study dentistry however she changed her decision and went on to study public health or public arena, joining grad school. Moreover, she also went to Florida A&M University for her further studies.
Caption: R. Jai Gillum with her mother (Source: Instagram)
Trivia
The celebrity spouse also keeps herself busy in various other common activities such as other normal people are engaged in. She loves reading books, traveling to various places, watching films, and many more in her spare time. Similarly, the celebrities that she loves to watch the most are actor, Will Smith, and actress, Keke Palmer. Andrew’s spouse also loves white and black colors whereas her favorite brands are Dior, LV, Gucci, and also Chanel. Also, Gillum loves eating Mexican cuisine and loves using YouTube more often.
R. Jai Gillum – Net Worth 2024
As of 2020, R. Jai has a decent net worth of around $900 thousand to $1 million. On the other hand, her husband, Andrew Gillum has a net worth of $334,200 as of June 2018. Also, previously, Gillum used to earn a salary of around $79,176 as mayor and another amount of $71,680 for working together with P&P Communications which is a public relations and consulting organization.
Andrew Gillum’s assets included his house worth around $462,000, and another 2 retirement accounts together with the city of Tallahassee, adding one 401(k) plan worth $79,992. Likewise, Gillum has around $81,989 in a delayed compensation account. He also has $47,651 in 2 savings accounts at Centennial Bank, another $4,841 in savings at Hancock Whitney Bank, and $17,500 in education savings accounts which is all for his 3 kids.
Career and Professional Life
Coming to R. Jai Gillum’s career and professional life part, R. Jai has been keeping it a secret. So, nothing much is out about Jai’s professional life. However, according to some sources, it is found that the celebrity partner is an executive director of the United Way of the Big Bend project which is known as one of “The BEST Projects”.
The same project “helps people achieve long-term financial stability and quality of life through services such as tax preparation help”. Gillum has also served in the banking sector in Dallas, Texas. Moreover, Andrew’s spouse handles and manages her partner’s campaign hosting which is a Women for Andrew Gillum program. Even after working hard, she is more popular as the spouse of Andrew Gillum and by her profession.
Caption: R. Jai Gillum with her husband answering the questions (Source: Instagram)
Relationship Status
As mentioned earlier, R. Jai’s husband is Andrew Gillum. Their wedding was on 24th May 2009. Both of them got to meet each other when they were in college taking part in the student government at Florida A&M. After their first meeting, they eventually fell for each other. Moreover, Jai is just a year older than her husband and she changed her name to her after marrying Andrew Gillum.
As per Tallahassee Magazine, Andrew Gillumsaidd that he was the one who first flirted with Jai by penalizing her for wearing a “short skirt” while they were in the student government. However, she was not thankful for that. Then, it was in the year 2003 when the couple again met each other, and Gillum eventually gave his home phone number to her. But she was still ignoring him.
She said, “I didn’t think he was serious. He was wearing both of his cell phones and then he gave me his home phone number”. “I said, ‘Anyone with two cell phones is never at home.” Then, while proposing to Jai, Gillum asked her to be his “life partner” rather than his “wife”. After getting married, they first gave birth to twins whose names were Caroline and Jackson. In May 2017, the couple again became parents of their second baby whose name is Davis Allen Gillum.
Caption: R. Jai Gillum with her family (Source: Instagram)
Scandal
Aside from the couple’s love life, Andrew Gillum revealed himself to be bisexual in a television interview in September 2020. Then, R. Jai said that her husband had already told her about his sexuality before they married eleven years ago. This made her very upset that it is now public knowledge, telling Tamron Hall, “I don’t think it is anyone’s business.”
“I don’t think it is fair for people who are not heterosexual, who are not assumed heterosexual that they should ever have to say or disclose what they are because of how judgmental people are,” she told Hall. “So many people just don’t understand bisexuality. They think they can wrap their heads around gay, but bisexuality is just something different.”
Furthermore, Jai’s husband was seen in a Miami Beach hotel room in March of 2020 by paramedics countering to a drug overdose, police said then. Andrew and 2 other men were also there in the hotel room. Cops said Gillum and gay male escort Travis Dyson, thirty, were evidently under the impact of an “unknown substance.” After some time, Andrew told me that he was going to a rehab facility.
Body Measurements
Talking about the director’s physical appearance, R. Jai Gillum has a good height of 5 feet 5 inches or else 165 cm or 1.65 m. Gillum also has a suitable body type with a body weight of around 65 kg or 165 lbs. Likewise, Gillum’s bra size is 32 B and her breast size is 38 inches. Her waist size is 30 inches and her hips size is 36 inches. Also, Andrew’s partner has been wearing a shoe size of 7 (UK). Moreover, she has a pair of dark brown eyes with naturally black hair color.
R. Jai Gillum – Social Media
Coming to the social media part, she has been quite active there. She has an Instagram account and also a Twitter account. On Instagram, Jai has gained 11 thousand followers. o, the celebrity partner recently stepped onto Twitter in May 2020 and already has gained more than 425 followers. However, she is not active on Facebook and YouTube for now. Just like Jai her husband, Andrew has also been quite active on social media platforms.