Net Worth: Unknown
Who is Elizabeth Fago?
- Fago is a long-time Trump-supporter who has raised and donated thousands of dollars to Trump and other conservative candidates and causes. Like many many others in the Trump orbit, these funds essentially let her purchase access to the President. She was even given a position on his 2020 National Cancer Advisory board.
- According to the Palm Beach Post, Elizabeth Fago is “a former real estate broker who began buying nursing homes in the 1990s. She built a large company, Home Quality Management, and later sold it for an undisclosed amount.” Home Quality Management brought in over $510 million in revenue and 70 centers. She and her son, Paul Walczak, then founded a luxury nursing home company, NuVista, in 2009.
- In 2020, Fago helped conservative provocateur group Project Veritas acquire Ashley Biden’s diary, the daughter of the former president. The diary was purchased by Fago from two Trump supporters who knew Ms. Biden. The Department of Justice investigated how Project Veritas obtained the diary, but the matter was dropped in February 2025, the month after Trump’s second Inauguration.
- According to The New York Times, when Fago learned of the diary, she “said she thought it would help Mr. Trump’s chances of winning the election.” Fago’s daughter alerted Project Veritas about the diary.
- Project Veritas has been described as “a conservative media organization dedicated to secretly infiltrating progressive organizations to produce unflattering and often selectively edited videos. Project Veritas operates under the guise of citizen journalism, but serves a conservative political agenda without adhering to basic journalistic ethics.”
How is Elizabeth Fago benefitting from the Trump Administration?
- Fago, a healthcare executive, was recently appointed to the HHS and CMS Healthcare Advisory Committee. The group will be advising both HHS Secretary Kennedy and CMS Administrator Oz “on ways to improve how care is financed and delivered across Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.”
- Fago paid $1 million to attend an exclusive face-to-face dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residency 2025; the president issued a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Paul Walczak, afterwards.
Walczak was convicted of tax crimes regarding his work as the CEO of several healthcare companies, many of which also involved Fago. The prosecutors for his case argued he used $10.9 million that should have been given to the IRS to buy himself a $2 million yacht and pay himself a six-figure salary. Employees at Fago’s company reportedly received paychecks and healthcare benefits late for several months amidst Paul’s apparent tax-dodging. Walczak was sentenced to 18 months in prison and required to pay $4.4 million.
For more information, see the Revolving Door Project’s Oligarchs in Trump World tracker.