Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator and media host. At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States.
Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, to a Conservative Jewish family of Russian-Jewish and Lithuanian-Jewish ancestry. At the age of 9, he transitioned with his family to Orthodox Judaism.
He is the co-founder of the American conservative news website and media company The Daily Wire, where he also serves as the editor emeritus.
He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and hosts The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show.
He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News between 2012 and 2016. Shapiro has written eleven books.
Who are the parents of Ben Shapiro?
Ben Shapiro is the son of a Jewish couple who migrated from Russia and Lithuania.
His father David Shapiro is a novelist and has worked as a composer.
David and Ben share a close relationship as he has been of great support in his son’s career.
Not many details are known about his mother, but it’s revealed she once worked in Hollywood as a TV company executive.