Glenn Edward Greenwald was born on 6 March 1967, in New York City, USA, to Arlene and Daniel Greenwald, a family of Jewish ancestry, and is best known as the author who wrote the series of reports regarding leaks of the US and British global surveillance programs for ‘‘The Guardian’’ in 2013. Additionally, he was rewarded with the Pulitzer Prize and Polk Award for the mentioned reports.
So just how rich is Glenn Greenwald as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, this author has net worth of over $600,000, accumulated from his career in the mentioned field.
Glenn Greenwald Net Worth $600,000
Although born in New York City, Greenwald moved to Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. He was a student of George Washington University, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, following by enrolling into the New York University School of Law. Prior to rising to fame as an author, Glenn practiced in the Litigation Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and went on to establish his own company Greenwald Christoph & Holland, a litigation firm dedicated to cases regarding US civil rights. In this branch, one of his most notable cases was the representation of Matthew F. Hale, a white supremacist. In late 2005, Greenwald started his own blog under the title Unclaimed Territory, which was focused on the investigation of the Plame affair. In early 2007, he became an writer for ‘‘Salon’’, contributing numerous articles regarding topics such as the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks and the candidacy of the John O. Brenna, the former CIA official for the job of the director of the CIA, or the director of DNI. His net worth was growing consistently.
However, Glenn left ‘‘Salon’’ in August 2012 and began working for a notable magazine, ‘‘The Guardian’’ stating that one of his reasons for this move was ‘‘internationalizing his readership, being re-invigorated by a different environment’’. During his time there, Greenwald wrote his most important articles regarding Edward Snowden, who wished to share some important information with Glenn and Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker. The mentioned documents were published in early June 2013, in an article written by Glenn. His work was recognized and thus rewarded with Pulitzer Prize and Polk Award. Nevertheless, during the same year, Greenwald left ‘‘The Guardian’, in order to pursue what he called ‘‘once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline’’. During that time, he collaborated with Laura Poitras once again, as the duo went on to establish an online place for support of the independent journalism, as he was worried about the freedom of speech in the US, which is how ‘‘First Look Media’’ was created. The mentioned organization had its first online publication, under the title ‘‘The Incept’’ in February 2014 and Glenn works on the position of the editor.
Besides that, Greenwald wrote books such as ‘‘How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok’’, which achieved vast success, and was on the list of the New York Times best sellers in 2006. Additionally, he wrote ‘‘A Tragic Legacy’’ and ‘‘No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State’’ in 2008 and 2014 respectively.
Additionally, Greenwald has appeared in numerous shows such as ‘‘Real Time with Bill Maher’’, ‘‘Tucker Carlson Tonight,’’ and ‘‘Up with Chris Hayes’’.
When it comes to his private life, Glenn is openly gay and is married to David Michael Miranda. In August 2013, his partner was detained under the Terrorism Act 2000, as he carried sensitive documents important for Greenwald’s reports. Glenn is active on social media such as Twitter and Facebook and has more than a million followers on the former.
