Howard Stern was born to Mom, an office clerk–turned–inhalation therapist, and Dad, once a radio engineer then an operator at a recording studio, a Jewish couple who raised their son and daughter Ellen in Jackson Heights, New York.
It was back in 2004 when he threw a curveball at the radio world, signing a sweet deal with Sirius Satellite Radio. This move didn’t just make a big splash in the satellite radio waters but also saw Stern’s wallet get a whole lot fatter.