TV journalist Baruch Shemtov is one of the prominent TV hosts who founded BARUCH.tv in 2012 and conducted inspiring conversations with the leaders of politics, business, and entertainment. He was the entertainment reporter of Good Day New York from 2017 to 2019 that aired on Fox 5 NY WNYW.
Also, an entrepreneur, Baruch, has opened the New York Stock Exchange and has a fashion line of hand-stitched prototype neckties.
Is Baruch Shemtov Gay? Married Status?
Former Good Day New York entertainment reporter, Baruch Shemtov, is likely not married to date. He has been pretty much successful in hiding his love life out of the public sight, so the details of his romantic association remain undisclosed at the moment.
On the other hand, Baruch is an LGBTQ supporter and often attends the gay pride festival.
He frequently updates his social media with gay-related tweets, which has led his sexuality to be speculated as gay. However, Baruch has yet to comment on such rumors.
Career- Salary
Baruch’s media career began in 2009, where he worked as a liaison to the press for CNN’s senior political analyst, David Gergen. While working for David, he hosted ‘Baruch.tv’ on The Huffington Post and featured one-on-one interviews with the likes of Ivanka Trump, Gordon Brown, Joel Pollak, Russell Simons, and Barney Frank.
He then joined the organization genConnect in December 2011 and expanded his hosting role working with several networks such as Young Hollywood, Waywire, and Extra. Baruch interviewed several inspiring and influential leaders and even covered the launch of ‘The Children’s Justice Campaign’ in August 2014. Excelling in his work, he got his name carved as one of the ’15 Most Interesting Seniors’ by Harvard Crimson.
Moving on, Baruch began making appearances on WNYW- FOX 5 from 2014 and joined the newscast Friday Night Live. Soon, he became the entertainment reporter of Good Day New York but bid farewell to FOX 5 network in July 2019 to return to Harvard Business School.
Despite a decade of a journey in the Television field, his income and salary details are still under the media reach.
(Note: According to Glassdoor.com, entertainment reporter has an average salary of $50,474 per year.)
Family, Ethnicity, & Nationality
Born on the 22nd of September in 1987, as Baruch Yehudah Shemtov, Baruch is a native of Pennsylvania, United States. Currently, he resides in New York City.
When he was one year old, Baruch moved to Manhattan with his family. His parents, Dr. Menachem Mendel Shemtov, a urologist, and Chantzie Annette Meth got separated from each other when he was six years old.
The 32-years-old entertainment reporter is a 2009 graduate of BA in Psychology from Harvard College. He then attended an MBA at Harvard Business School in 2012. Besides that, Baruch possesses white ethnicity. As for his height, it is undisclosed at the moment.