David Mikkelson: Wiki, Bio, Height, Age, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth

 David Mikkelson: Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Career, Wife, Children, Scandal, Ethnicity, Nationality, Salary, Net Worth:  His full name is David Paul Mikkelson. David is the CEO and the Co- founder of the very famous website called Snopes.com. This web page is also referred to as the Urban Legend Reference Pages. Snopes.com was the first website to make a pool of all socio-political news available and put it on its online portal. He wrote articles on themes like scams, missing children, fake news, corning hoaxes.

David Mikkelson

Early Life of David Mikkelson

David has not been active on any social media platform. Thus, very little can be said about his family, mother, father, or even his siblings. David Mikkelson’s exact birthdate is not known. But from his appearance, he is assumed to be around 55-60 years of age. His hometown is known to be California.

Education of David Mikkelson

David is known to be a graduate in the subject of computer sciences. He has completed his graduation from the reputed institute of the University of Texas at San Antonio in Computer Science. David started his P.G classes after graduation. Since these classes were without any degree plan. therefore, it is difficult to tell if he had completed the course or had quite the course. David attended his classes at California State University, Northridge.

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David Mikkelson’s Career

He is well quite famous as CEO and the co-founder of Snopes.com. It is the first website to have a pool of all the socio-political news on its portal. Snopes.com is popularly known as Urban Legend Reference Pages. David has written on vivid topics like scams, missing children, fake news and even concerning hoaxes. Later, Snopes became Urbanised folklore that had a wide range of subject under it. Snopes literally became a source where people would come and submit pictures and information whose veracity was questionable. But it was David who believed that Snope has anticipated the concept of search engines. He believed that people could come here and check the facts by themselves. But to the audience, Snopes rather appeared as a premature site as it seems to provide search results of user discussions.

Before co-founding Snopes with his ex-wife. He uses to work for News Chronicles, The U.S Portal services, JPL, Digital EquipmentCorporation, Rocketdyne, Teledyne, and Health Net (HMO).

Personal life of David Mikkelson

Since David Mikkelson is not available on any social media platform. So it is difficult to have a sneak peek into his personal life. Some of the information which is available on various websites is compiled here. David has two wives. David first married Barbara Mikkelson. Barbara is the co-founder of Snopes. The couple got separated in the year 2015. Barbara and David had met each other on the social media platform . It was named Folklore, this was themed online message board posting as “The San Fernando Valley”. They together had worked for setting up the site. Barbara is also the author of David’s organization.

Later he got married to Ellyse Young. Ellyse is a adult film actress. She was active in that industry till 2015.

Achievements of David Mikkelson

David was awarded Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for numismatic. In 2008 he was one of the four finalists shortlisted for the same prize. He is also awarded the conflagration award of the American Society of Muleskinners.

Net Worth of David Mikkelson

David has always been in limelight for his idea of compiling all the socio-political information on his site named Snopes. He is also a winner of some of the prestigious awards like Pulitzer AWARD. Therefore, his net worth is assessed to be in millions. As in 2016, James Randi honored Snopes by giving $75000 to Snopes.com. It also raised funds worth $700000 from go fund in 2017.

David Mikkelson

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David Mikkelson Bio, Height, Weight, Profile, Net Worth

Real Name David Paul Mikkelson
Nickname Not known
Gender Male
Profession CEO of Snoops.com, Entrepreneur, and an Author
Height (approx.) in centimeters– Not known

meters– Not known

feet inches– Not known

Weight (approx.) in kilograms– Not known

pounds– Not known

Figure Measurements (approx.) Not known
Eye Colour Not known
Hair Colour Not known
Date of Birth Not known
Age (as in 2018) 56 Years
Birth Place Not known
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Not known
Nationality American
Hometown Thousand oak, California
School Not known
College/University The University of Texas at San Antonio
Educational Qualification Graduate in computer science
Religion Not known
Ethnicity Not known
Caste Not Known
Address Los Angeles, California
Hobbies/Interests Not known
Marital Status Married
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends N/A
Sexuality Straight
Parents Father: Not known

Mother: Not known

Siblings Brother: Not known

Sister: Not known

Husband/Wife/Spouse Barbara Mikkelson (former)

Elysse Young (present)

Children Not known
Net Worth Not Known

Some lesser-known facts about David Mikkelson

  • David is the pioneer of the socio-political news web available on the online platform.
  • The site name Snopes is founded by David Mikkelson along with his ex-wife barbara Mikkelson
  • Barbara and David met through an online portal named Folklore.
  • David Mikkelson took PG classes after he graduated from California States University.
  • He is involved in scandals, claiming that he used the company’s money to take his wife on vacation.
  • In case of any fake news, Facebook has made Snopes.com be the arbiter to check the veracity of the news.
  • David’s name is attached to scandals. he used the company’s funds to take his wife out on a vacation.
  • David Mikkelson’s name is also involved in the scandal claiming the use of facts and information for his business practices.

Social media Accounts: 

David Mikkelson has totally kept his life out of reach from any social media platform. Therefore, it is very difficult to gain an insight into all that’s happening in his life. Sayin’ so, it is evident that David does not have Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram account. The only information available in titbit over the different websites is what gives us information about his past life. Currently, no information is available about his present whereabouts on any platform.

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