Gavin McInnes Biography
Gavin McInnes is the founder of the Proud Boys and a Canadian writer, podcaster, and far-right commentator. He co-founded Vice magazine in 1994 and relocated to the United States in 2001. He formed the Proud Boys, an American far-right organization listed as a terrorist organization in Canada and New Zealand, in 2016.
How old is Gavin McInnes? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 17 July 2022. He was born in 1970 in Hitchin, United Kingdom. His real name is Gavin Miles McInnes.
Gavin McInnes Family – Education
Gavin is the son of Scottish parents James McInnes, a retired business instructor, and Loraine McInnes, who later became the Vice-President of Operations at Gallium Visual Systems Inc., a Canadian defense corporation. McInnes’ family immigrated to Canada when he was four years old, settling in Ottawa, Ontario. He went to Earl of March Secondary School in Ottawa. McInnes was a member of the Ottawa punk band Anal Chinook as an adolescent. He received his bachelor’s degree from Carleton University.
Gavin McInnes Wife
In 2005, he married Emily Jendrisak, the daughter of Native American activist Christine Whiterabbit Jendrisak, who sees herself as a liberal Democrat, in Manhattan.
Gavin McInnes Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $10 Million.
Gavin McInnes Vice Media
Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi co-founded Vice in 1994, as the Voice of Montreal, with government support. When the editors attempted to end their contractual obligations with the old publisher, Alix Laurent, they renamed the magazine Vice. In the late 1990s, Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software entrepreneur, purchased the magazine and transferred it to New York City. McInnes has been dubbed the “godfather” of hipsterdom by WNBC and “one of hipsterdom’s primary architects” by AdBusters. He contributed pieces to Vice on occasion, co-wrote two books, and was featured in a 2003 New York Times article about Vice magazine.
McInnes stepped down from Vice in 2008 due to “creative differences” and the growing impact of corporate advertising on Vice’s programming. McInnes remarked in a 2013 interview with The New Yorker that marketing and editorial were rivals in the business strategy.
Gavin McInnes Podcast
Anthony Cumia, a broadcaster, said in June 2015 that McInnes will be hosting a show on his network, therefore ending the Free Speech podcast that he had launched in March. Despite the formality of the letter, McInnes labeled the neighbors “assholes,” described their behavior as “cunty,” and stated, “If you have that sign on your lawn, you’re a fucking retard.”
Gavin McInnes Religion
In March 2017, McInnes and other Rebel Media hosts visited Israel and made a non-Rebel video backing Holocaust deniers and accused Jews of violating the Treaty of Versailles. The video was slammed by the Times of Israel as a “faux rant” and “intentionally offensive.” McInnes later expressed regret for his remarks. When McInnes returned to America, Rebel Media created a film in which he expressed his disdain towards Jews.
Ezra Levant, the owner of Rebel Media, backed McInnes, claiming that he was attempting to safeguard West from antisemitism. McInnes is anti-Islam, linking Islam to Nazism and accusing many Muslims of being mentally ill and incestuous.McInnes labeled a major portion of Muslims as mentally sick and incestuous in April 2018, claiming that a hate book known as the Koran might lead to mass slaughter.
Gavin McInnes Political Views
McInnes left Vice in 2008 and became well-known for his political views on the far right. StreetCarnage.com and the advertising agency Rooster that he co-founded are both his creations. He appeared in the third season of the Canadian reality show Kenny vs. Spenny and portrayed Mick in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force spin-off Soul Quest Overdrive, which lasted only a short time. However, the show was canceled after losing a pilot contest to Sugar Town Candy Fudge’s Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), McInnes casually used racial and anti-gay slurs in a column for Taki’s Magazine.
He published a book titled “How to Piss in Public” in 2012. The Brotherhood of the Traveling Rants, a documentary about his tour as an occasional standup comedian, was directed by him in 2013. The independent film How to Be a Man also starred McInnes. Following an essay titled “Transphobia is Perfectly Natural” about transphobia, McInnes was asked to take an indefinite leave of absence as chief creative officer of Rooster in August 2014. The Gavin McInnes Show, which McInnes would be hosting on his network, was announced by broadcaster Anthony Cumia in June 2015. McInnes is a regular on conspiracy theorist media platforms Infowars’ The Alex Jones Show, Fox News’ Red Eye, The Greg Gutfeld Show, and The Sean Hannity Show. He was a contributor to the Canadian far-right portal The Rebel Media.
He established the Proud Boys in 2016, which is a male-only, neo-fascist, men’s rights, and “general hate” organization. McInnes announced his departure from Rebel News in August 2017 as “a multi-media Howard Stern-meets Tucker Carlson.” He later joined CRTV, an internet based telecom company sent off by Moderate Survey, and the introduction episode of his new show Get Off My Grass broadcasted on 22 September 2017.