Dave Portnoy

About

Founder and president of the popular sports and men's lifestyle and news platform Barstool Sports. He is also known for his popular stoolpresidente Twitter account, where he primarily posts comedic sports content for his 3.2 million followers. 

Before Fame

He started going to the University of Michigan in 1995, eventually earning a degree in education.

Trivia

He unsuccessfully ran to be the mayor of Boston in 2013.  In early 2020, he sold Barstool Sports to Penn National Gaming for over $400 million.  He surpassed 75 million TikTok likes in January of 2021.

Family Life

He married Renee Portnoy in 2009, but the couple separated in 2017. He began a relationship with Silvana Mojica in 2021, the couple split in 2023.  He has often mentioned his parents in interviews that he's given.

Associated With

In October 2020, he posted a TikTok video where he lifted weights alongside Bryce Hall, Josh Richards and Blake Gray, all members of the social group Sway House.  His platform Barstool was instrumental in launching the career of Podcast star Alex Cooper.