What is the net worth of Snopes’ chief executive officer David Mikkelson? Here is how rich the entrepreneur is.
David Mikkelson is an entrepreneur best known as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of snopes.com.
The website is considered a trusted source for checking facts. However, the recent turn of events has brought suspicions on the relevancy of the site. Apparently, the CEO and co-founder of Snopes has acknowledged Plagiarism, a term used to address the stealing of one’s ideas or work by another.
Reports suggest that David has been plagiarising from as earlier as 2015 from sources such as Los Angeles Times and The Guardian. Evidently, his motives were to scoop up web traffic.
David Mikkelson Net Worth: How Rich Is He?
David Mikkelson is yet to make his net worth official to the general public.
However, the entrepreneur’s net worth is estimated to be quite in the realm of six figures. Well, considering he is a CEO of a site that garnered over 7 million viewers every month as reported in 2020, he is certainly rich.
Furthermore, David’s site is also the recipient of 72 thousand dollars James Randi Educational Foundation in 2016. Not to forget, the site also raised an estimated 700 thousand dollars with a GoFundMe and received 100 thousand dollars from Facebook in 2017.
The donations are all important, but the site probably earns its majority of income from advertising. Being an entrepreneur, he might as well have some side income sources.
And with nothing official, people even speculate him to be a billionaire.
David Mikkelson Wife And Family
David Mikkelson is happily married to his wife, Elyssa Young.
She is his second wife, with whom he married in November 2016. As for his first wife, she is Barbara Mikkelson, one of the co-founders of Snopes. He had divorced her in 2015.
Talking about David’s wife, his current wife is a former adult actress and a former Libertarian candidate.
Aside from his current and former wife, information on his other family members is currently not available.
David Mikkelson Age And Wiki
David Mikkelson’s age seems to be 50 to 60 years.
However, he is yet to reveal his official birthdate and birthplace to the general public.
David graduated from the University of Texas in 1987 with a degree in computer science. As for his entrepreneurial career, his greatest achievement seems to be the foundation of Snopes in 1994.