Money matters

The combined wealth of all three Florida Cabinet members has risen by 47% since 2010.

TALLAHASSEE — The collective net worth of the state Cabinet has climbed by 47 percent since 2010, with all three elected members reporting upticks in the annual reports that were due Monday.

The Cabinet’s overall personal finances should be even higher after Panama City restaurateur Jimmy Patronis, appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to replace Jeff Atwater as the state’s chief financial officer, joined the panel.

Scott saw a $30 million jump in his net worth last year, which he reported at $149.3million as of Dec. 31, 2016.

The Cabinet started 2017 with a collective net worth of $12.98 million, topped by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam’s $8.7million.

The former congressman, a Republican seeking to replace Scott as governor next year, reported that the 2016 book value of his 20 percent share of Putnam Groves is $2.95 million, down from $3.2 million the prior year.

Putnam, who received $123,576 in salary as agriculture commission last year, also owns a home in Bartow valued at $174,000 and a Tallahassee residence appraised at $260,000, both unchanged since2014, according to the reports.

He also has shares in ownership of four properties — located in Babson Park, Little Gasparilla Island, Hesperides and Lake Wales — worth just over $225,000.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s net worth climbed from $1.44 million at the end of 2015 to $1.7 million in the latest report.

And Jeff Atwater, who exited Friday from the chief financial officer job for a position at FloridaAtlantic University, reported his net worth had increased slightly, from$2.53 million in 2015 to $2.56 million last year.