Gavin McInnes

Gavin Miles McInnes (born July 17, 1970) is an English-born Canadian writer, actor, comedian, co-founder of Vice Media and contributor for The Rebel Media. He is also a frequent guest on the Glenn Beck founded TheBlaze TV.

Life and career

McInnes was born in Hitchin, England to Scottish parents and moved to Canada when he was four. He attended Ottawa’s Carleton University and received a degree in English in 1992.

As a teen, McInnes played in the Ottawa punk band Anal Chinook.

McInnes co-founded Vice in 1994. His role as an editor at Vice led to him being referred to as "the Godfather of hipsterdom" and one of the "primary architects of hipsterdom". He left Vice in 2007 due to "creative differences."

McInnes started the website StreetCarnage.com. He also co-founded an advertising agency called Rooster where he serves as creative director. He currently writes for the web magazine Taki's Magazine. He also writes for the website VDARE.

McInnes was featured in a 2003 New York Times article about Vice magazine expressing his political views.