• Owen Neistat is the son of famous writer and filmmaker Casey Neistat
• He was born in Connecticut USA in 1998 and holds American nationality
• He is a Bachelor of Science in business – hospitality management
• His net worth is estimated at over $600,000
• Owen has a YouTube channel with seven subscribers and is interested in creating movies and becoming a YouTuber like his father

 

Who is Owen Neistat, Casey Neistat’s son? Wiki Bio

Owen Neistat was born in Connecticut USA, on 14 April 1998 – his zodiac sign is Aries and he holds American nationality. He is mostly popular for being the son of Casey Neistat, a famous writer and filmmaker.

Early life and education

Owen was partially raised in Connecticut by his father and his mother Robin Harris; he has a younger half-sister called Francine and a half-brother named Georgie. Owen was born when his father was 17, and after Casey decided to move to New York at the age of 20, he split from his girlfriend Robin, so Owen was later raised by Casey and his new wife Candice Pool.

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Owen attended a local high school in New York, and first had the idea of following in his father’s footsteps and become involved in the film industry, however, his plans changed while attending high school, and he went on to enroll at the University of San Francisco from which he will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in business – hospitality management in the summer of 2020.

Career as a businessman

Owen launched his career by becoming an intern at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Media Lab in April 2015, but stayed only for a month, working on a website which consists of instructions for creating Montessori schools, and also attending public meetings.

From there he moved to Krispy Kreme, where he began working as a Sales Assistant from April 2015 to June 2016, managing his own store, training new employees, and organizing front and back of stores.

In July 2018, he became the Front Desk Agent at Grand Pequot Foxwoods Resort Casino, escorting guests around the casino, modifying reservations, and checking-in guests until October 2018, when he joined Tobin, Carberry, O’Malley, Riley & Selinger, P.C. where he stayed for four months evaluating dockets, utilizing Lexis Nexus, and organizing files.

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Owen has also done some volunteering jobs, including at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, where he was an Archives Intern archiving records of the theatre. Owen has also tried launching a career on the internet, as he created his YouTube channel on 28 December 2012 which turned out to be unsuccessful as it counts only seven subscribers, with six videos uploaded onto it.

Family, love life and relationship

Rumors began circulating the internet in 2017 about Owen being gay, as he doesn’t talk about the relationships he might have had.

However, people joined in mentioning his alleged girlfriend who can be seen featured in a single picture Owen has uploaded onto his Instagram account. The two have allegedly been together since 2016, having met at school while they were also living close to each other, thus were spending a lot of time together with their mutual friends. Owen is very close to his mother, and often uploads pictures with her onto his Instagram account, he also enjoys spending time and taking care of his recently born half-sister named Francine.

Hobbies and other interests

Owen was physically very active while attending high school, as he competed at several sports such as soccer and tennis while he was also active in his free time walking and running with friends, as well as playing basketball and lacrosse. He is a big fan of the film industry, and his favorite actor and actress are Robert De Niro and Emma Watson, while some of his favorite movies are the “Godfather” trilogy, the “Harry Potter” franchise, and “Donnie Darko”.

He is interested in creating movies and getting back to his YouTube channel to become a YouTuber like his father, and has thus begun taking video editing lessons, as his father doesn’t have time to teach him himself.

Owen is a big lover of animals and has a pet dog, while his favorite animals are horses. He likes to travel, and has been to several European countries such as Spain, Portugal and France, while his dream travel destination is Miami, Florida.

Appearance and net worth

Owen is 21 years old. He has short brown hair and blue eyes, is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall, and weighs around 150lbs (68kgs). As of early 2020, his net worth is estimated at over $600,000.

Who is Casey Neistat, Owen’s father?

Casey Owen Neistat was born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut USA, on 25 March 1981 – his zodiac sign is Aries, and he holds American nationality. He is a YouTuber, filmmaker, and vlogger best known for being the co-founder of the Beme multimedia company, which was bought by CNN.

He was raised in a Jewish family and did not matriculate from high school as he quit at the age of 17 when he became a father. He and his girlfriend lived in a trailer park until Casey was 20, when he decided to move to New York City, where he worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant.

In 2001, he began working with his brother and Tom Sachs, an artist, to create a series of films, but Casey didn’t gain recognition until 2003, when he released his “iPod’s Dirty Secret” video, in which he criticized the Apple Company. The film gained attention worldwide, leading to Apple fixing the matters which were mentioned in – changing their battery replacement policy. His next work was “Science Experiments” with his brother, which is a collection of 15-minute long videos documenting a variety of experiments. HBO decided to air “The Neistat Brothers” series, announcing it in July 2008 – the critically acclaimed show of eight episodes follows the lives of Casey and his brother Van Neistat.

On 15 February 2010, Owen launched his YouTube channel which today counts over 12 million subscribers, and over 2.7 billion views combined of all his videos. His video “Bike Lanes” reached #8 in the “Top 10 Creative Videos of 2011” list compiled by “Time” magazine. In 2014, Owen was ranked #82 in the “Top 100 Channels” list compiled by New Media Rockstars.

In May 2019, Owen left New York City for good, and moved to live in Los Angeles, announcing this in his video “I’m Leaving NYC Forever..”

3 Comments

  1. I don’t think there’s any validity to this article, they’re just making shit up

    • Jay M Umble Reply

      Actually, this article does know what it’s talking about. If you want to know the truth, just start watching Casey Neistat videos…actually I would challenge anyone to watch 10 videos and you’ll be hooked! Casey Neistat has reaffirmed my enthusiasm for life. Namaste…

  2. Georgie is his half sister, not half brother. You might want to check your facts before publishing.

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