Ben Mezrich

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ben Mezrich
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 7, 1969(1969-02-07)
Age	55
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ben Mezrich Biography

Ben Mezrich is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 7, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Ben Mezrich (born February 7 in 1979) is an American writer from the United States.

In 2005, Mezrich was the author of Busting Vegas: The MIT Whiz Kid Who Took the Casinos to the Knees an almost-sequel to Bringing Down the House. The book recounts the story of another student who was part of the same Blackjack team however, one that employed more sophisticated strategies that those discussed in the previous book. Like Bringing Down the House many of the incidents described within Busting Vegas are later discredited by the main character Semyon dukach who said that the story was “only about half true”.

In 2007, Mezrich published Rigged which recounts the formation of what would eventually become the Dubai Mercantile Exchange by two young visionaries, one in the New York Mercantile Exchange and the other in the Dubai Ministry of Finance.

Mezrich is best known for his first non-fiction work, Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. This book tells the story of a group of students from MIT who bet on blackjack games using a sophisticated card counting system, earning millions of dollars at casinos in Las Vegas and other gambling centers in the United States and the Caribbean. The story was made into the movie 21, released in 2008. Despite being categorised as non-fiction many of the characters in Bringing Down the House are composite characters and some of the events described have been contested by the people the characters are based on.

In 2004 Mezrich published a new work called Ugly Americans The Untold story Of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions. It is also a non-fiction book. this book chronicles the adventures of an American known as John Malcolm, who was an assistant to a securities trader.

Ben Mezrich Net Worth

Ben Mezrich is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ben Mezrich 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mezrich was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Molli Newman who was a lawyer, along with Reuben Mezrich, a chairman of radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He was born in an Conservative Jewish household, and was a student at Princeton Day School located situated in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated magna cumlaude with the degree of Social Studies from Harvard University in the year 1991. A number of his works have been published with the pseudonym Holden Scott. He is well-known for his non- fiction works.

Mezrich was the co-host for Season 3 on the GSN program The World Series of Blackjack and also the World Blackjack Tour. He also was a representative of Massachusetts in the contest for The Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant on Fox in 2000. Fatal Error is an TBS first-time adaptation of his book, Reaper, starring Antonio Sabato, Jr. and Robert Wagner. Skin was originally planned as the basis for an X-Files episode. Rigged was selected by Mark Cuban’s 2929, as well as “Q,” a work of fiction written by Mezrich. Ugly Americans was selected by Summit with the screenplay written by Robert Schenkkan who is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author from The Quiet American, and an original draft written by Mezrich himself.

He lives in Boston. He has been married to Tonya M. Chen since 2006.

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Who is Ben Mezrich Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Ben Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ben Mezrich celebrates birthday on February 7 of every year.

Top Facts about Ben Mezrich

1. Ben Mezrich is an American author born in 1969.
2. He has written 20 books, including “The Accidental Billionaires.”
3. “The Accidental Billionaires” was adapted into the movie “The Social Network.”
4. Mezrich’s books have sold over 6 million copies worldwide.
5. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Social Studies.
6. Mezrich’s writing focuses on technology and finance.
7. His latest book, “Bitcoin Billionaires,” explores the rise of cryptocurrency.
8. Mezrich has won multiple awards for his writing, including the Quill Award.
9. He is known for his fast-paced and suspenseful style of storytelling.
10. Mezrich is also a producer and screenwriter for film and television projects.

What happened to Ben Mezrich?

Chen since 2006. Some of his books have been written under the pen-name Holden Scott. Mezrich is known for his non-fiction books. He lives in Boston.

What book is 21 based on?

Blackjack, also known as 21, is the theme of the 2008 hit movie ’21’. It’s loosely based on the novel, ‘ Bringing Down the House ‘ by Ben Mezrich, a true story about the activities of The MIT Blackjack Team during the 1980s.

Who wrote the social Network book?

Ben Mezrich

Was the social network based on a book?

The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich’s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires , it portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits.

What book is the movie social network based on?

Two years after directing the fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher returned with a different type of drama film with The Social Network, based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.