Doug Levitt Biography
Doug Levitt is an American singer-songwriter and writer best known for his project The Greyhound Diaries, which spanned more than a decade and traveled over 100,000 miles by Greyhound bus. Levitt has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, and Reuters.
Doug Levitt Age
Doug was born in 1972, in the Washington, D.C. United States of America. He is 52 years old as of 2023.
Doug Levitt Education
He attended Washington, D.C. public schools and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. Levitt attended Cornell University, where he studied under the late astrophysicist and novelist Carl Sagan. He later won a Fulbright Scholarship and earned a master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics.
Doug Levitt Family
Levitt is the youngest child of Carol Schwartz, a former Washington, D.C. councilmember and mayoral candidate, and her husband, David Schwartz. When Levitt was 16, his father committed suicide, which he has described in interviews as a turning point in his career as an artist.
Doug Levitt CNN, MSNBC, Fox News
Levitt has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, and Reuters. The Greyhound Diaries has produced two recordings, a one-man performance, published texts, photo exhibits, and a web series. Before embarking on his long voyage, Levitt worked as a foreign journalist. Based in London, he dispatched from Iran, Rwanda, and Bosnia for ABC, CNN, and MSNBC.
Doug Levitt Career
While in London, Levitt changed careers, going from foreign correspondent to singer-songwriter. After relocating to Nashville, Levitt collaborated with acclaimed Americana producer David Henry, who has produced albums for Josh Rouse, Yo La Tengo, and Guster. The two began a long-term partnership on The Greyhound Diaries. Levitt has shot over 20,000 photographs during his travels and has worked with The Kennedy Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Woody Guthrie Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the University of Southern California, and homeless shelters around the country. David Henry produced the recordings, which include contributions from Steve Bowman, a founding member of Counting Crows, and Craig Wright, drummer for Steve Earle and Eric Church.
Levitt Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.