Founder Of VOX Ezra Klein Podcasts, Books, Including Net Worth & Family Details

Ezra Klein is the founder of Vox, an American News and Opinion website, which is acknowledged for its concept of explanatory journalism. Klein, who has been serving as the columnist for MSNBC and The Washington Monthly, hosts the podcast named The Ezra Klein Show on the Vox.

Back in 2014, Klein had proposed a $10 million annual budget worth 'creation of an independent, explanatory journalism website,' which got turned down by Post publisher Katharine Weymouth and new owner Jeff Bezos.

Who Is Ezra Klein?

Ezra Klein is an American journalist, political commentator, and blogger. He is best known as the founder of Vox, which is an American news and opinion website, alongside Matt Yglesias, and Melissa Bell. The website, which is noted for its concept of explanatory journalism, was founded in 2014.

The website hosts eight podcasts, including The Ezra Klein Show, The Weeds, I Think You're Interesting, Worldly, The Impact, Today, Explained, Future Perfect, and Primetime.

The Ezra Klein Show (©: The Vox)

Ezra Klein started his career on Howard Dean's primary campaign in Vermont in 2003. He interned for the Washington Monthly in Washington, D.C., the following year in 2004. And by the time, he was one of the writers flamed by The New Republic writer Lee Siegel.

Three years later, Klein moved his blog full-time to the American Prospect in 2010.

In 2011, he was a columnist at several platforms, including Bloomberg View, The Washington Post, and MSNBC. Also, he appeared on several shows, including Real Time with Bill Maher, Face the Nation, The McLaughlin Report, and The Daily Show.

Ezra Klein's book 'Why We're Polarized' (©: Apple Books)

Apart from that, he is an author of the book named 'Why We're Polarized,' which released in 2020. Similarly, he wrote The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books.

Ezra Klein's Net Worth

Ezra Klein accumulates his net worth from his professional career in journalism. However, his fortune details remain beyond the mystery. Yet, he is still entitled to the average salary of $40,763 per year as being a journalist, as per PayScale.

Similarly, he has a YouTube channel of his podcast in the Vox, The Ezra Klein show, which has more than 17.2K subscribers as of now.

Ezra Klein's Early Life And Family

Ezra Klein was born on 9 May 1984 in Irvine, California, in the United States.

Klein is the son of Abel Klein and his wife, who raised their children in a Jewish family in Irvine. His father was a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Irvine, who immigrated from Brazil. Similarly, Klein's mom was an artist.

Apart from that, Klein is a married man. He and his wife Annie Lowry, an American journalist, tied a knot in 2011. The duo has one child who had a premature birth in February 2019.

Klein attended the University of California and graduated with a political science degree in 2005.

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