Shane Smith (journalist)
| Shane Smith | |
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Shane Smith at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014
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| Born |
September 28, 1969 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater |
Lisgar Collegiate Institute Carleton University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, Media Executive, Journalist |
| Known for | Vice Media co-founder |
| Net worth |
 USD $1.27 billion (2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Tamyka |
| Children | 2 |
Shane Smith is a Canadian Emmy Award-winning journalist and media executive. He is the co-founder and CEO of the international media company VICE Media, operating an international network of digital channels, a television production studio, a record label, an in-house creative services agency, a book-publishing house, and a feature film division.
Shane Smith was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1969. He attended the Lisgar Collegiate Institute and later graduated from Carleton University with a degree in English literature and political science.
Before Vice, Smith went to university in Ottawa, played in local punk bands, and traveled Eastern Europe before moving to Montreal.
Smith, along with co-founders Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes (who left VICE in 2008), acquired the youth magazine Voice of Montreal in 1994 and changed its name to Vice. The magazine was originally funded by the Government of Canada as part of a welfare program. After being acquired in 1999 and moving to New York City, Smith and his co-founders bought VICE back, and moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2001. Initially publishing print articles based on offbeat alternative culture, VICE moved to creating news content and social criticism on multiple media platforms in 2006. Smith remains an owner of the company, and The New York Times has described Smith as "a cross between a punk rocker and Fortune 500 Executive".
In 2006, on the advice from the company’s creative director Spike Jonze, VICE Media began expanding into digital video. This led to a massive expansion of VICE into new channels, including a partnership with Intel in 2010 for The Creators Project, as well as deals with partners like Viacom, YouTube, and HBO, led by Smith.
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