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What is Gavin McInnes’ Net Worth?

Gavin McInnes, a Scottish-Canadian writer, creative director, and actor, has a net worth of $10 million. He co-founded Vice and hosts the podcast “Get Off My Lawn.”

However, McInnes has garnered controversy for his far-right politics and commentary, as well as his involvement with the extremist neo-fascist group Proud Boys, which is designated a terrorist organization in Canada.

Gavin McInnes: Early Life

Gavin McInnes was born in Hitchin, England on July 17, 1970. His family moved to Canada when he was four years old. He graduated from Ottawa’s Carleton University in 1992 and played in the punk band Anal Chinook as a teenager.

Gavin McInnes Co-Founded Vice Magazine and Earned the Nickname “Godfather of Hipsterdom”

In 1994, Gavin McInnes co-founded Vice Magazine with Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi, where he served as an editor and earned the nickname “the Godfather of hipsterdom.” During his tenure at Vice, McInnes contributed articles like “The VICE Guide to Happiness” and “The VICE Guide to Picking Up Chicks.” He co-authored two books, The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, and Vice Dos and Don’ts: 10 Years of VICE Magazine’s Street Fashion.

However, McInnes’ political views were described as “closer to a white supremacist’s” in a 2003 New York Times article. In 2006, he was featured in The Vice Guide to Travel with comedian David Cross in China. McInnes left Vice in 2007 due to creative differences and was reportedly paid several million dollars to walk away, perhaps $10 – $20 million.

While Vice was worth $5.7 billion on paper at one point after McInnes’ departure, the valuation eventually fell apart, and by the middle of 2023, Vice was reportedly near bankruptcy. Despite this, McInnes likely cashed out $50-100 million over the course of various funding rounds.

Gavin McInnes: Career Highlights

Gavin McInnes co-founded the advertising agency Rooster NY and started the website StreetCarnage.com after cashing out. He wrote the book, “How to Piss in Public” in 2012. However, he was asked to take a leave of absence as CCO of Rooster after publishing a transphobic essay.

In June 2015, he hosted a show called “The Gavin McInnes Show” on Compound Media and began contributing regularly to the Canadian far-right publication “The Rebel Media.” McInnes is a regular on several conspiracy theorist shows like Infowars “The Alex Jones Show.”

From 2015-2017, McInnes wrote for Taki Magazine, and in August 2017, he left The Rebel Media and joined CRTV. On September 22, 2017, his podcast “Get Off My Lawn” launched.

Aside from his on-screen work, McInnes has directed, written, and produced the short Sophie Can Walk. He directed and wrote the short Are Women as Horny as Men? and wrote, produced, and starred in How to Be a Man. He also directed the 2013 documentary The Brotherhood of the Traveling Rants about his tour as a standup comedian and starred as Mark McCarthy in the 2013 movie How to Be a Man.

In 2010, McInnes was featured in Season 3 of the Canadian reality TV show Kenny vs. Spenny and appeared in an episode of “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” He also appeared in the films “Soul Quest Overdrive,” “Creative Control,” and “One More Time.”

Gavin McInnes’s Controversies

Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys, was permanently suspended from Twitter in August 2018 due to their rules against violent extremist groups. Later that year, McInnes participated in a reenactment of a political assassination and Proud Boys members were filmed assaulting a protester. The Proud Boys were subsequently classified by the FBI as an extremist group with ties to white nationalists. McInnes was also banned from entering Australia and from YouTube. He launched Censored.TV in 2019, featuring his podcast “Get Off My Lawn” and “Free Speech with Gavin McInnes.”

Gavin McInnes’ Controversial Statements

Gavin McInnes has been accused of promoting white supremacist speech and making racial slurs against public figures like Susan Rice and Jada Pinkett Smith. He has expressed anti-semitic sentiments and defended Holocaust deniers. McInnes has also been criticized for his anti-Islam stance and making sexist comments, including suggesting that 95% of women would be happier at home. He has been accused of promoting a culture of toxic masculinity and undermining the feminist movement.

Gavin McInnes’ Personal Life

Gavin McInnes, who currently holds a green card, is married to New York-based publicist Emily Jendrisak since 2005. They are parents to three children and reside in Larchmont, New York.