Sean Eldridge

Sean Eldridge: Biography in Details

Who is Sean Eldridge?

Sean Eldridge is an American political activist. He is the founder and president of Stand Up America which is a progressive advocacy community.

Sean Eldridge: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Childhood, Ethnicity

Sean Eldridge was born as Sean Simcha Eldridge in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 31, 1986. As of 2022, his age is 34. In 2006, he received the citizenship of the U.S.

He was born to parents Steve Eldridge (father) and Sarah Taub (mother). He comes from a medical background as his father is a radiologist and his mother works as a family physician.

His mother was born in Israel to Jewish refugee parents whereas his father follows Judaism.

Eldridge spent his childhood days in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. His ethnicity is Caucasian.

In which school did Sean Eldridge attend?

Talking about his educational background, he attended public school in Ottawa Hills. Following that, he went to Deep Springs College located in Deep Springs, California.

He graduated with a degree in philosophy from Brown University in Providence.

Eldridge then enrolled at Columbia Law School but withdrew to join Freedom to Marry after the New York State Senate voted against the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York.

Sean Eldridge: Professional Life, Career

Sean Eldridge withdrew from the Columbia Law School to join Freedom to Marry after the New York State Senate voted against the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York.

He started by working as a communications director and then worked his way up to be the political director. He thrived in the role and helped to lead the successful and historical effort to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of New York. Currently, he serves as a senior advisor to the group.

Eldridge has famously debated opponents of same-sex marriage on ABC News Nightline and Fox News.com. In 2011, The New York Observer ranked him as one of NY’s Top 50 “most powerful gay figures”.

In 2011, after the historical legalization, he founded the investment fund Hudson River Ventures to address the problem of access to capital for small businesses in the Hudson Valley.” It has now successfully invested in several businesses in the region.

Since 2011, he has been serving on the board of directors of Scenic Hudson which is the largest environmental group focused on the Hudson Valley. Moreover, he also supports climate change and waterfront protection programs.

In 2012, he launched the ‘Protect Our Democracy PAC’ and ‘New York Leadership for Accountable Government’ which is a bipartisan group of civic and business leaders advocating for campaign finance reform in New York State

Furthermore, he is the founder and the president of Stand Up America, a non-profit organization based in NYC focusing on “resisting the Trump administration’s corruption and strengthening democracy across the country.”

The organization started weeks after the 2016 U.S. presidential election and has now evolved into one of the country’s largest grassroots organizations with over 2.5 million progressives.

What are the body measurements of Sean Eldridge?

Sean has brown hair and a pair of green eyes. He has not revealed his height and weight.

Sean Eldridge: Net Worth, Salary

Sean Eldridge has an estimated net worth of around $2.5 million as of 2022. He has not revealed his salary but on average, political activists make around $36k per year.

His husband, Chris Hughes is the co-founder of Facebook and has an estimated net worth of over $430 million.

Rumors and Controversies

Being a political activist can be controversial sometimes. The New York Times once wrote an article portraying him as a jet-setter, unfamiliar with the concerns of the average citizen of New York’s 19th.

To accuse Eldridge of being rich and out of touch, the National Republican Congressional Committee used this article.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Eldridge is active on social media sites and raises his voice regularly in different matters.

He has around 19.8k followers on Facebook and around 17.3k followers on Facebook.

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