Ben Shapiro Biography
Ben Shapiro (born Benjamin Aaron Shapiro) is an American conservative political commentator and media personality. Additionally, he is a public speaker, lawyer, and author. At the age of 17, the media personality became the youngest nationally syndicated in the United States.
Ben Shapiro Age|Birthday
Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984. Therefore, he is 8 years old as of 2022 and celebrates his birthday on 15th January every year.
Ben Shapiro Height|Weight
Shapiro’s height is 5 feet 7 inches (approximately 170 centimeters). Moreover, he weighs 72 kilograms.
Ben Shapiro Family
Shapiro was born in Los Angeles, California to his parents David (father) and mother whose identity is under review. Moreover, David, his father is a composer whereas his mother is an executive with a TV company. In addition, he has one sibling, a sister named Abigail who is an opera singer. In addition, his sister posts videos under her YouTube channel Classically Abby. However, Abigail has been subjected to online antisemitic trolling due to her brother’s high public profile. Moreover, he is Maria Wilson’s (author, actress) cousin.
Ben Shapiro Wife
Shapiro has been happily married to Mor, an Israeli medical doctor of Moroccan descent since July 8, 2008. In addition, the couple has three children together, two daughters and a son.
Ben Shapiro Education
Shapiro attended Walter Reed Middle school. Moreover, he later joined Yeshiva University High School. After his high school graduation, the media personality joined the University of California and graduated and later joined the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ben Shapiro Career
The media personality writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine. Moreover, Shapiro serves as editor emeritus for The Daily Wire which he founded and hosts The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. Additionally, between 2012 and 2016, Ben was editor-at-large of Breitbart News and has written eleven books.
Author
Besides, Shapiro wrote a number of books like-Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House, Brainwashed, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV. Additionally, the author had likewise distributed a book about President “Barrack Obama” named ‘The People versus Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration.
TV shows
Furthermore, the author was engaged with different TV shows and radio shows around the countries like “The Dennis Prager Show”, “The O’Reilly Factor”, “The Lars Larson Show”, “Fox and Friends” as well as “Scarborough Country”. Moreover, Shapiro was the organizer of “The Daily Wire”, an American discussion news site, and had the online podcast.
Political podcast
The host’s political podcast, ‘The Ben Shapiro Show’ is one of the most popular podcasts that deal with politics. As in November 2017, Ben’s podcast had been downloaded 10 million times every month. Moreover, in 2018, the show began being syndicated to the radio by the mass media company “Westwood One”. Furthermore, in 2019, several companies withdrew their sponsorships from the show following some controversial statements by Ben.
The Ben Shapiro Election Special
Furthermore, in September 2018, Ben started hosting ‘The Ben Shapiro Election Special’ on Fox News. The show covered news related to the US midterm elections in 2018.
Public speaking
Additionally, the author is also a public speaker. Shapirondelivers lectures at several colleges and often presents his conservative views on controversial topics.
Others
The media personality is a supporter of the abortion ban. In 2019, Shapiro spoke against abortion at the “March for Life” held in Washington, DC. However, after his controversial statement at the event, Ben lost several sponsorships from his show ‘The Ben Shapiro Show. The author’s views on same-sex marriage, too have invited criticism. Moreover, according to him, the media personality believes that transgender people suffer from mental illness. In addition, the author is also criticized for being prejudiced against Muslims.
Moreover, in 2018, the author accused Facebook of targeting conservative sites after “Facebook” introduced an algorithm change, limiting their traffic.
Ben Shapiro Net Worth
Shapiro’s net worth is $8 million. Moreover, is salry ranges between $5 to $6 million annually.
