David Pakman Net Worth – $4 million
What is David Pakman’s net worth? Is David Pakman married?
Introduction
David Pakman is an American radio talk show host and political pundit.
He is best known for his talk-radio program, The David Pakman Show, which appears on both YouTube and Twitch.
The Origin Story
Pakman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 2nd, 1984.
His parents are both Ashkenazi Jews – one hails from Ukraine, while the other is from Poland.
Pakman’s parents emigrated to Argentina independently – one before WWI, and the other just before the outbreak of WWII – and met there.
Pakman’s family immigrated to the USA when he was five years old.
The family relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts, where Pakman attended Northampton High School.
After graduating high school, he studied economics and communications at Massachusetts-Amherst University.
Following the completion of his major, he obtained an MBA from Bentley University (located in Waltham, Massachusetts).
Radio Career & Political Views
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Pakman started his show at the age of 21 in the basement of a local community radio station. It was originally called ‘Midweek Politics.’
The David Pakman show, which began (and remains) a left-leaning political talk-radio show, soon became an unqualified success.
It rapidly grew beyond its community-radio roots and became a podcast and multi-platform show available on YouTube and, in recent years, Twitch.
The show soon became nationally syndicated, and Pakman was the USA’s youngest-ever nationally syndicated talk show host.
Pakman soon garnered a reputation for his direct and uncompromising questions, as well as the politically diverse nature of the guests he invited onto his show.
Pakman has, notably, an interesting work ethic wherein he will produce his show (which airs Monday-Friday) from Monday through Thursday, and then take personal time until the following Monday.
Pakman has stated that in his free time, he does not read anything about politics nor discuss it.
David’s YouTube channel is particularly successful, with 1.72 million subscribers and an astounding 31,000 videos.
Though Pakman struggled, like many other users, with the slowing of revenue from changes to YouTube’s monetization policy in 2017, the show is going stronger than ever.
Pakman charges $6 per month for ad-free access to his content.
He maintains that this is necessary to ensure unbiased coverage of the topics he addresses, as, he claims, advertisers can exert undue influence over broadcasters who rely too much upon their funding.
Pakman attributes a lot of his success to the ‘consistency’ of his show.
The show keeps to a very strict timeline of when to release new content, for instance, and Pakman says that his audience knows what to expect from him.
Pakman typically releases an hour-long show every weekday, with the show being broken down into smaller clips and soundbites for YouTube.
David Pakman – Daughter & Wife?
Pakman is guarded about his personal life and has revealed little regarding his marital status. On his talk show, Pakman does not wear a wedding ring, which would suggest he is unmarried.
After scanning Hannah Laurel’s Instagram, we found that David Pakman is mostly likely married to Hannah Laurel since 2011.
In this post, Hannah wrote — “Happy anniversary to the love of my life,” on this one — “Lucky #7,” and in this one — “Today marks 8 wonderful years with my guy.”
David and Hannah Laurel have a daughter, who was born in June 2022.
Pakman commemorated the event on his Twitter account by posting a picture of himself with his newborn daughter.
Quotes
“If we go by the Gallup opinion survey of what other countries think of the US, opinion of the U.S has dramatically improved since Biden replaced Trump.
I think that matters. I think it’s important that other countries respect the office of the presidency, and under Trump, it was a joke. Literally laughed at the UN, goes to India, mispronounces 10 Indian names, and the crowd is just leaving. It was a humiliation everywhere he went.” (source)
“People that are striking the right balance right now between policy and rhetoric and ability to actually be good politicians are people like, and this is gonna be crazy, Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, Stacey Abrams, Katie Porter in California.
I think these are really interesting folks who I don’t necessarily agree with them on all policy, but I think they bring a few things that are important.”
David Pakman – Net Worth 2024
So, how much is David Pakman worth? Pakman earned most of his wealth from hosting The David Pakman Show, which is aired on more than 100 stations. Therefore, David Pakman has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
On YouTube, Pakman has over 1.8 billion views — this means an estimated $5 million in revenue before taxes.
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