Sean Smith net worth
Shane Smith Net Worth: Shane Smith is a Canadian-American journalist and entrepreneur with a net worth of $400 million. Shane Smith was born in Ottawa, Canada and graduated from Carleton University with a degree in Political Economy. In the mid-90s, he co-founded the magazine VICE.
Originally a publication dedicated to the punk lifestyle, the magazine has since expanded to include music, art, news and fashion. In the 2000s, it started to foray into multimedia and now has 60 video shows spread across multiple network channels. VICE has also expanded into film, television, publishing and music. VICE now controls its own record label and publishes books. As a reporter for VICE, he covers breaking news from Iran, Russia and Liberia, and he currently co-hosts the series “VICE” on HBO. The show follows Smith and other VICE reporters around the world. Rupert Murdoch and Fox recently bought a 5% stake in Vice, which valued the company at $1.4 billion. Shane still owns about 28 percent of Vice, which means he is worth $400 million on paper. In March 2014, Shane announced that Vice might be considering going public in the future. He also claimed that Vice would seek a valuation of $29 billion if that happened. At this level, Shane’s net worth would be $8 billion. Many analysts doubt the valuation is realistic, but even at $3 billion, Shane would be sitting on $800 million.
