Because I'm kind of thinking he might be the nominee in 2024.
1. He will be 55 in October. (I thought he was a bit younger, late 40s)
2. He might had an unstable family life: parents divorced when he was 5, mom struggled to make ends meet, father was a lawyer but gave away all his money. (I say "might have" because he went to private schools at first and a Getty is a close family friend. I suspect there was money but his parents were wacky and didn't always have access to it.)
3. He has severe dyslexia and processes things best via audio
4. He graduated from a good public high school and went to Santa Clara University, a Jesuit school ranked #55 by USNews but not all that well known on the East Coast, where he had a baseball scholarship (pitcher) but threw out his arm after two years.
5. The Getty family friend helped him start up a very successful wine store/winery management business-- successful as in 700+ employees.
6. He hosted fundraisers for Willie Brown who appointed him to the SF Parking and Traffic Commission as a thank you--that is how he got into politics, and the following year Brown appointed him to the Board of Supervisors
7. He was major of SF for 7 years (04-11) and then Lt. Governor for 8 years (11-19) under Jerry Brown and then Governor since 2019
8. Kimberly Guilfoyle, his ex-wife is a lawyer! (This surprised me most of all) who graduated from USF Law School (a decent school), passed the California bar (allegedly not easy) and worked as a DA in SF and LA before pursuing a career in NY as a legal analyst for Fox. (So "pole dancer" would be an incorrect guess for her pre-Junior Mint career.)
9. His current wife, Jennifer Siebel is an actor but also a Stanford grad (BA/MBA) who played on their D1 soccer team. She dated George Clooney before Newsom. She is still hot AF at 48.)
10. He is credited for writing a book (with a co-author who is a professional writer/co-author) called "Citizenville" about using digital tools to improve democracy and government. It came out in 2013 but seems to have aged well--it focuses on basics, not social media.