David Portnoy

David Portnoy: Biography in Details

Who is David Portnoy?

David Portnoy is an internet sensation and business personality. He is renowned for his blogs.

He is also the founder of the pop culture blog, Barstool Sports. 

Profanity-Laced Rant

Recently, the founder of the Barstools delivered his anger towards the indefinite lockdown caused by COVID-19. Through his speech, he expressed that he would rather die of Corona than lose his business due to the outbreak.

How much does David Portnoy earn in 2024?

Through his career as an internet celebrity, he has made an estimated net worth of $125 million as of 2024.

Recently on the 29th of January 2020, his company, Barstool had a valuation of $450 million. Also, the company’s majority stakes (36%) were purchased by Penn National Gaming worth $165 million.

Is David Portnoy active on social media?

David has over 3.5 Million followers on Instagram, over 1.5 Million followers on Facebook, and over 4.3k followers on Twitter.

On Twitter, he is following the personalities like Bob Huggin0s, Elon Musk, and Danny Duncan.

Who are the parents of David Portnoy?

David Portnoy was born David Scott Portnoy on the 22nd of March 1977 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, U.S.

His father, Michael, and mother, Linda Portnoy are of Jewish ethnicity.

In 1999, he graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Honors in education. Before that, he attended the Swampscott High School in his hometown, Swampscott.

David Portnoy- Professional Life, Career

After graduation, David Portnoy started his career as a researcher of the IT firm, Yankee Group. He worked with the company for almost four years until 2003.

Quitting his job in the firm, he started to publish a four-page black-and-white newspaper, Barstool Sports that concerned with gambling advertisements and fantasy sports projections,

Also, he promoted local brands and national brands like Lyons Group, Bud Light, and Miller Lite with the newspaper. Later, in 2007, he launched it on the internet.

In 2013, he ran for an unsuccessful campaign for the mayor of Boston. However, he failed to qualify for the election.

In 2017, he launched his Pizza Reviews series. The series’ main target was to review each and every pizza in Manhattan.

David Portnoy- Controversy & Rumors

Labor Controversy

Talking about the controversy, he became the talk of the time, when he illegally threatened his workers to fire if they unionized through his Twitter tweets.

In the matter, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that if the matter is true he is breaking the law and he would be sued. Later, the matter was settled informally.

Arrests

Back on the 12th of 2015, Portnoy was arrested for protesting the reaction to Deflategate. For that, he and his three Barstool employees handcuffed one another at the NFL headquarters.

Later, he was detained to enter the Mercedes-Benz Stadium a holding cell for a portion of Super Bowl LIII as he created fake passes to attend the press event.

Body Stas- Height, Weight, Appearance

David Portnoy is a brown-eyed brunette. His height is 6 feet and he has a decent weight.

Talking about his appearance, he has a rough look with a long facial structure. Also, he has a short hairstyle and prefers to have grown facial hair.

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