Howard Stern – Bio, Daughters, Wife, Net worth, Age, Parents, Divorce
Isabella Harris
Published May 22, 2026
Howard Stern is a legendary American radio host who has also worked as an actor, producer, writer, and photographer. He gained worldwide fame through his self-titled radio program; The Howard Stern Show.
As a professional radio personality, he has worked in various radio stations. Since 2006, however, he has called the radio station Sirius XM his home. His on-air brilliance has garnered him numerous accolades, most notably multiple Billboard Nationally Syndicated Air Personality Awards. Despite all his achievements, Stern has proclaimed himself king of all media. Read on for more fun facts you need to know about his early life, career, and personal relationships.
Howard Stern Biography (Age)
Howard Stern was born on January 12, 1954 in New York City, USA to the family of Ben and Ray Stern. His father served briefly in the US Army before working as a radio engineer, while his mother was an administrator before eventually getting employment as a health officer. He has an older sister named Ellen with whom he grew up in the Queen’s neighborhood in Jackson Heights. His family is Jewish.
About a year after his birth, Stern’s family relocated to Roosevelt, New York. There he attended Washington-Rose Elementary School and Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School before enrolling at Boston University, where he earned a degree in communications. Later, in 1975, he attended the Radio Engineering Institute of Electronics in Fredericksburg, Virginia and earned a first-class radio license.
career
Howard Stern got his first job as an on-air radio personality while he was still a student at Boston University. He then got morning shift jobs at many radio stations such as WWDC in Washington, DC, WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WWWW in Detroit, Michigan. In 1982 he moved to New York to attend an afternoon show on WNBC. This role lasted three years before he was released.
Stern reached the peak of his career when his talk show; Howard Stern Talk Show has been broadcast on up to 60 radio stations across the country. As a result, he gained more than 20 million listeners to his program as he received a number of awards. Interestingly, he’s won Billboard’s Nationally Syndicated TV Personality of the Year award for eight straight years. During this time he became the highest paid radio personality in the United States.The radio icon went on to become one. He served as a judge on America’s Got Talent show from 2012 to 2015. He has also written a number of books, including Miss America and Private Parts, and has hosted and produced numerous midnight television shows.
Family – parents, wife, daughters and divorce
As previously mentioned, Howard Stern’s parents are Ben and Ray Stern. His father was a former member of the US Army before working as a radio engineer. He was one of the founders of a recording studio called Aura Recording Inc. His mother, on the other hand, found work as a health officer.
In terms of his marriages, Stern first came to know his now ex-wife, Alison Berns, when they were students at Boston University. They married at the age of 24 and had three daughters. Emily Beth, Debra Jennifer and Asley Jade before divorcing in 2001. After that, Stern began dating TV presenter and model Beth Ostrosky. After a seven-year relationship, the radio show host announced on his radio station on Valentine’s Day 2007 that he and Ostrosky were engaged. Later the next year, on October 3, they married at Le Cirque restaurant in New York.
Wealth (income and earnings)
Howard Stern’s success seems to have no limits, his books have made The New York a bestseller while his show is heard by millions of people. He also sold approximately one million copies of his biographical film soundtrack. With all of this, it’s obvious to see why the radio show host was able to live a luxurious lifestyle. This is thanks to his massive net worth which is estimated at $650 million as of 2019.
