Who Owns DailyWire Ventures?
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DailyWire Ventures
DailyWire Ventures is the privately held parent and brand incubator behind The Daily Wire that develops and operates conservative media, streaming, and consumer product brands such as DailyWire+, Jeremy's Razors, Bentkey, Responsible Man, and Mayflower Cigars.
DailyWire Ventures appears to be independent with no known parent company.
DailyWire Ventures
DailyWire Ventures is the privately held parent and brand incubator behind The Daily Wire that develops and operates conservative media, streaming, and consumer product brands such as DailyWire+, Jeremy's Razors, Bentkey, Responsible Man, and Mayflower Cigars.
DailyWire Ventures appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
DailyWire Ventures
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Ben Shapiro Co-founder and public face of The Daily Wire and of its parent Bentkey Ventures, LLC (which does business as DailyWire Ventures). The company’s own About page states that Bentkey remains majority owned by its original co-founders, which include Shapiro, even after a 2023 growth financing round brought in additional undisclosed investors. Florida foreign-LLC filings list him as a manager of Bentkey Ventures as of the 2025 annual report, indicating a direct governance and likely equity role, although exact ownership and voting percentages are not publicly disclosed. | Founder | — | Apr 2025 |
Jeremy Boreing Co-founder of The Daily Wire and long-time top executive of the group; he is identified as co-CEO of DailyWire Ventures, the brand name now used by Bentkey Ventures, LLC. The Daily Wire’s About page notes that Bentkey Ventures (formerly Forward Publishing) remains majority-owned by its original co-founders, which include Boreing. Texas corporate records for Bentkey list him as a co-CEO and director, and Florida filings list him as a manager of the LLC, supporting that he is a major direct owner, though his exact equity stake is not disclosed. | Founder | — | Apr 2025 |
Caleb Robinson Early partner in launching The Daily Wire; company materials describe the outlet as having been launched “in partnership with Caleb Robinson” alongside co-founders Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, with seed funding from Farris Wilks. A 2022 ownership profile reports that Wilks, together with Boreing, Shapiro, and Robinson, owns the business via Bentkey Ventures, LLC, the parent company that wholly owns The Daily Wire, LLC. Texas and Florida business-record aggregators list Robinson as a co-CEO/director and as a manager of Bentkey Ventures, indicating that he is part of the core ownership group, although no public source gives a precise percentage. | Founder | — | Apr 2025 |
Farris Wilks Texas billionaire fracking and construction executive who provided the initial $4.7 million investment used to launch The Daily Wire in 2015. A 2022 ownership article states that Wilks owns the company along with co-founders Boreing, Shapiro, and Robinson, through Bentkey Ventures, LLC, which in turn owns The Daily Wire, LLC. Earlier media-bias and corporate-profile sources described Forward Publishing/Bentkey (now DailyWire Ventures) as owned and managed by the Wilks brothers, and Texas corporate registry–derived data list Farris Wilks as a member–manager of Bentkey Ventures, LLC. Later company statements that Bentkey “remains majority owned by the original co-founders” imply that Wilks now holds a significant but minority stake; no public filing quantifies his exact ownership or voting power. | Individual | — | Mar 2024 |
Levi Wilks Associated with the Wilks family interests; Texas corporate-profile data for Bentkey Ventures, LLC list Levi Wilks as a manager and include him among the “key people who own” the company, alongside Farris Wilks. These registry-derived records suggest he has a managerial and likely minority ownership role in Bentkey Ventures (dba DailyWire Ventures), but neither the company nor official filings publicly disclose the size of his economic or voting interest. | Individual | — | Mar 2024 |
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