Ben Jealous: Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Children, Career, Parents, Net Worth

Ben Jealous: Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Career, Parents, Net Worth, political part, Nationality, Ethnicity, News, Education, kids.  Ben Jealous is an American civil right activist/ leader and a social impact investor. He had formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) from 2008 to 2013. He was selected as the head of the NAACP at age 35 and became the organization’s youngest-ever national leader. Recently he was quite popular on the news channel discussion as he stood for restoring the voting rights of the senate.

Ben Jealous Early Life

Ben Jealous was born on January 18 1973 in Pacific Grove, California and brought up in the city of the Monterey Peninsula. He is the son of Fred Jealous and Ann Jealous. His mother, Ann Jealous, is bi-racial who worked as a psychotherapist. She seems to be a very learned woman. Ann had participated in the desegregation of Western High School. She is also a writer and has published a book with Caroline Haskell named, Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief about Racism.

Ben’s father, Fred Jealous, is descended from settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and is the inheritor of Sargent and Co business. He established the Breakthrough Men’s Community and engaged in Baltimore sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters. Jealous’s parents met in Baltimore in 1966. However, they did not openly date each other in public. As an interracial couple, the pair was prohibited by state law from marrying in Maryland before 1967. They married in Washington, D.C.

Ben Jealous was sent to Baltimore to spend his summers with his maternal grandparents, who lived in the Ashburton community. Ben Jealous graduated from York School in Monterey, California in 1990. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Columbia University. A Rhodes Scholar, he later gained a Master of Science in comparative social research from St Antony’s College, Oxford.

Ben’s Career

 Ben is an American civil right activist and social impact investor. At the age of 35, he became the youngest-ever national leader of the NAACP. He worked as the president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from the year 2008 to 2013. The Washington Post in 2013 described him as “one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights leaders.”

Ben Jealous also ran for Governor of Maryland in the 2018 election. He ran as a candidate for Democratic Party. Ben won the party’s nomination in the June 2018 primary, defeating Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and seven other candidates. However, he was defeated in the general election by the incumbent governor, Republican Larry Hogan. Additionally, Jealous is an associate Kapor Capital, Board Chairman of the Southern Elections Fund and one of the John L.Goldman Sachs Visiting Professors at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.

In 2013,  Ben Jealous was designated a Young Global Leader by the Davos World Economic Forum. Ben Jealous was chosen as president of People for the American Way, and its associated foundation, on June 2, 2020, and assumed the position on June 15.

Ben Jealous personal life

The civil rights activist Ben Jealous is currently 48 years old. He became the CEO of the NAACP when he was only 35 years old. Ben Jealous was Married and had a wife till 6 years ago. He was married to the distinguished American civil rights lawyer and professor Lia Epperson. She was also a law professor at American University Washington College of Law. The couple got married in the year 2002 and later split in the year 2015 after 13 years of marriage. Being married for over a decade, they have 2 children, Morgan and Jack. Though the couple shouldn’t be judged on their personal choices and requirements. There are rumours that after breaking up with Lia, Ben has not been in any relationships.

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Ben Jealous, Bio, Height, Weight, Profile, Net Worth

Real Name	Benjamin Todd Jealous
Nickname	Ben Jealous
Gender	male
Profession	Politician, Businessman
Height (approx.)	in centimetres– not known meters– not known feet inches– not known
Weight (approx.)	kilograms– not known in pounds– 121 lbs
Figure	healthy
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Date of Birth	January 18, 1973
Age (as in 2018)	48 Years
Birth Place	Pacific Grove, California, USA
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Capricon
Nationality	American
Hometown	Monterey Peninsula, California, USA
School	not known
College/University	Columbia University.  St Antony’s College, Oxford
Educational Qualification	Graduation in pol science and Masters in comparative social research
Religion	not known
Ethnicity	mixed
Caste	Not available
Address	California
Hobbies/Interests	reading
Marital Status	married and divorced
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends	Not Known
Sexuality	Straight
Parents	Father: Fred Jealous Mother: Ann Jealous
Siblings	not known
Husband/Wife/Spouse	Lia Epperson
Children	2, Morgan and Jack
Net Worth	$ 1 million

Some lesser-known facts about Ben Jealous

• Ben Jealous was born on January 18 1973 in Pacific Grove, California but brought up in the city of the Monterey Peninsula.
• He was married to the distinguished American civil rights lawyer and professor Lia Epperson but divorced in 2015.
• Ben Jealous is a growing Democrat politician who supported Bernie Sanders in his 2016 campaign for U.S. president and later supported Hillary Clinton after she was nominated as a  candidate by the Democratic Party.
• In 2013,  Ben was designated a Young Global Leader by the Davos World Economic Forum.
• Ben Jealous was chosen as president of People for the American Way.
• Ben’s mother Ann Jealous is a bi-racial who worked as a psychotherapist.
• jealous was bullied many a time in his school for belonging to a mixed-race community.

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