David Brooks is a conservative American political and cultural commentator best known for his work for The New York Times. As of 2021, David Brooks has a net worth of nearly $20 million.
| Name: | David Brooks |
| Full Name: | David Brooks |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 60 years old |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Height: | 170 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse: | Anne Snyder (m. 2017), Sarah Brooks (m. 1986–2014) |
| Children/Kids : | Yes 1 (Aaron Brooks) |
| Dating/Girlfriend: | N/A |
| Is David Brooks Gay?: | No |
| Profession: | Political commentator |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2021: | $20 million |
David Brooks Early Life & Education
Brooks was born in Toronto, Ontario, where his father was pursuing his doctorate at the University of Toronto.
Brooks grew up in New York City’s middle-class Stuyvesant Town housing development with his brother, Daniel. His father was an English literature professor at New York University, and his mother was a nineteenth-century British history student at Columbia. Brooks was raised Jewish, but he rarely goes to synagogue.
Brooks attended Grace Church School, an independent Episcopal primary school in the East Village, as a child. His family relocated to the Philadelphia Main Line, the city’s affluent suburbs, when he was 12 years old.
In 1979, he graduated from Radnor High School. Brooks earned a history degree from the University of Chicago in 1983.
David Brooks Net Worth & Career
Brooks began his career as a police reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago, a wire service owned by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times.
He claims that his time on Chicago’s crime beat influenced him to be more conservative.
Brooks applied for and was accepted as an intern at Buckley’s National Review in 1984, remembering the offer he had received from Buckley.
David Brooks Net Worth
David Brooks is well-known for his work as a film critic for The Washington Times, as a reporter and later op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal, and as the senior editor of The Weekly Standard since its inception. David is also a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly, as well as a radio and television commentator for NPR and PBS NewsHour. As of 2021, David Brooks has a net worth of nearly $20 million.
