Andrew Breitbart was born on 1 February 1969 in Los Angeles, California USA, and was adopted by Gerald and Arlene Breitbart, who raised him in a family of Jewish ancestry, whereas his biological father was of Irish ancestry. Andrew was best known as an American entrepreneur, journalist, author and commentator for The Washington Times. He passed away in 2012.
So just how rich was Andrew Breitbart? Authoritative sources estimate that Breitbart’s net worth was as high as $9.5 million, accumulated from his career in the previously mentioned fields which began in the early 1990s.
Andrew attended Brentwood High School, one of the most prestige private high schools. He discovered a passion for writing as a student, and his first comedic piece was published by school’s newspaper; meantime Breitbart worked as a pizza delivery driver. Later on he enrolled into Tulane University, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in American studies in 1991.
Andrew Breitbart Net Worth $9.5 million
Breitbart went on to work on Channel E’s online portal and in film production. Prior to his career in the politics, he was a liberal, but had an epiphany while watching the late 1991 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. Andrew described his political views as ‘’Regan conservative’’ mixed with libertarian sympathies; at that period of time, his interests in politics were growing. He became an author for the Huffington Post, and went on to write a column for The Washington Times. In 2004, Breitbart was a co-writer of ‘’ Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon – The Case Against Celebrity’’, a book highly critical of celebrity lifestyles, which went on to become a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller. With his work being published on ‘’Huffington Post’’ and ‘’The Drudge Report’’ Breitbart’s political views were gaining a lot of recognition at this time, and he appeared on FOX News several times as of the same year.
In 2007 Andrew founder his own news website, and subsequently created a video blog entitled ‘’Breitbart.tv’’ In 2009, he appeared on the C-SPAN program Washington Journal, on which he gave his personal views on current political events. His addition to the representation of political views was awarded in 2010, when he received Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award. In April 2011, Andrew’s book ‘’ Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World’’ was published by Grand Central Publishing, adding to his net worth. Andrew is famous for his harsh statements concerning Donald Trump’s political affiliations in 2011.
In his private life, Breitbart was married to Susannah Bean from 1997 until Andrew’s death on 1 March 2012 in Westwood, a Los Angeles neighborhood, from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – a heart disease – and they had four children together. He was widely recognized for activism and charity work. He was a speaker on Tea Party movement, a political American conservative movement which called for a reduction of US national debt and reducing government spending. The Republican party stated their sadness over the loss of Breitbart, and party’s presidential candidate Rick Santorum , Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich went on to praise him and his political views.
