Jeremy Bash

Jeremy B. Bash is an American lawyer, currently serving as a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC. Besides, he is a national security analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Previously, he was the chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Originally from Arlington, Virginia, Jeremy Bash was born on August 13, 1971, under the star sign Leo. The 51-year-old lawyer is American by nationality and is part of Jewish ethnicity. He graduated from the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in 1989. He was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Hoya while studying at Georgetown University. Furthermore, he received his J.D. degree with honors from Harvard Law School in 1998.

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After his graduation, Bash started clerking for a U.S. District Judge, Leonie Brinkema. Later, he got admitted to the bars of the Eastern District of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 2000, Bash began to serve as the national security issues director for the presidential campaign of Joe Lieberman and AI Gore. He was in private law practice with the Washington, D.C.-based firm O’Melveny & Myers from 2001 to 2004. He then served as an aide to California Representative Jane Harman and as chief minority counsel on the Permanent Select Committee of Intelligence of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bash is also a former team member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He even served as the chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2009 to 2011 and the U.S. Department of Defense from 2011 to 2013 under President Barack Obama.

Currently, Bash serves as a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC, founded by himself with partners Andrew Shapiro and Philippe Reines in 2013. Additionally, he is a national security analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

As of 2023, Jeremy Bash has an estimated net worth of $50 million.

Married to Wife, Robyn Cooke Bash

Bash has been married twice. He tied the knot with his first wife, Dana Ruth Schwartz on 06 September 1998. At the time, his now ex-wife, Dana, was serving as an assignment editor in the Washington bureau of the Cable News Network. The pair couldn’t sustain their married life and divorced in 2007.

Two years later, Bash married Robyn Cooke, whom he met in 2007. He shares three daughters with Cooke. However, he has decided not to disclose the identity of his daughters for personal reasons.

Parents, Siblings, and Family

The American lawyer comes from a Conservative Jewish family. He was born to parents Marvin Bash and Deborah Blumenthal Bash. His father, Marvin, is the former chief rabbi of the Arlington Fairfax Jewish Congregation. Meanwhile, his mother is the former program director of the Graduate Education Nurse-Midwifery Program at Georgetown University.

Bash grew up with his three siblings. He has two elder siblings, brother Rachmiel and sister Gila. He also has a twin sister.

Jeremy Bash Height and Weight

Bash has a decent height of 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 71 kg. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes.

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