David Portnoy, founder of Barstools Sports was formerly married to Renee Portnoy. Renee is an American equestrian. Barstools Sports is a blog which has its focus on new pop culture and sports as the name implies.
The blog is now a renowned one with a premium value of $450 million. Renee gained popularity as David Portnoy’s wife. Fans of the Barstools Sports blog affectionately nicknamed Renee Portnoy as the blog’s First Lady.
Similarly, the fan nicknamed Renee’s ex-husband, David Portnoy as ‘El Pres’, a short form of El Presidente.
Find out more about Renee Portnoy’s career and personal life in this article.
Renee Portnoy Marriage And Divorce With David Portnoy
David Portnoy and his ex-wife Renee got married in 2009. A year earlier in 2018, the couple had their engagement. Like most usual celebrity marriages, the couple’s marriage was also very short.
David Portnoy was seen with another woman in 2016. This generated a lot of rumors at that time. So David had to clarify the facts on his blog. By January of 2017, David Portnoy made it official on his blog that he and Renee Portnoy were no longer together.
This news broke the heart of many fans and readers of the blog because they loved Renee as the wife of the founder. Like we mentioned earlier, they even named Renee their First Lady to show how much affection they had towards her.
David disclosed that he and Renee had parted ways on a good note. He added that they are still in good terms with each other. He also revealed information about the new person he was seeing.
According to David, the other woman’s name was Jordyn Hamilton. But that would only be the beginning of David’s relationship drama.
A while later, David declared war upon Jordyn Hamilton on his blog accusing her of cheating. It was later revealed that Jordyn cheated on David with her Soul Cycle instructor.
David’s die-hard fans supported him and joined him in pouring their anger on Jordyn, Hamilton, and the instructor at Soul Cycle.
Just like David claimed, he and Renee are on good terms as Renee has not changed her last name. She still retains the name Portnoy. From time to time, Renee also shares posts from David’s blog on her own social media accounts.
To further buttress the above, Renee still resides in the mansion which David bought in Nantucket. The estate has a cool worth of $2 million. Hopefully, the couple might reconcile in future and resume their relationship.
The couple’s marriage did not produce any children.
Net Worth of Renee Portnoy
Renee Portnoy has a net worth of $4.5 million. A large fraction of her money is from her equestrian career. She also owns 2 jumping show horses. Renee is the Director of Merchandising at an equine company where she works. The company’s name is SmartPak.
Before her position as Director, Renee was formerly a Senior buyer in the company. She started having an interest in dogs right from childhood. She has been riding horses since eight years old.
Renee helps dogs to get adopted among other charity work she does for animals. Renee also supports Safe Harbor for animals by Nantucket Island.
Short Bio of David Portnoy, Renee’s Ex-Husband
David Portnoy is a celebrity and American entrepreneur. He founded Barstool Sports. He was born on the 22nd of March 1977 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States of America.
David will be 44 years old by March 2021. David studied at the University of Michigan after he graduated from Swampscott High School. He holds a degree in education.
Later on, David relocated to Boston after he got an offer with an IT firm. The firm carries out research. In 2013, David founded Barstool Sports as a print publication.
Initially, the publication served the Boston metropolis. It offered gambling adverts, prediction, and sports results. Later in 2007, Barstool Sports moved to the internet where it became a success.
On January 29, 2020, Penn National Gaming bought a 36% stake of Barstool Sports for $163 million. This made the blog’s value shoot up to $450 million.
David later sold off his remaining shares, so he no longer owns Barstool Sports. Although he still works with the blog as the Chief of Content. His current net worth is around $100 million.
Wren Keasler’s Social Media Activities
Wren’s Instagram handle – @renee_portnoy boasts of more than 42.3k followers. She posts a lot of her pictures and her dogs and horses. She sometimes posts about her friends and families. Her Twitter handle is @Renne_Portnoy and she has 32.7k followers there.
Facts About Renee
Renee was born on the 5th of May 1963 in Abington Massachusetts in the US. Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
