Drew Binsky

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Drew Binsky
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Binsky visiting Pakistan in 2019
Personal information
Born
Drew Goldberg

(1991-05-24) May 24, 1991 (age 32)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality American
Education University of Wisconsin–Madison (BS)
Occupations
Spouse
Deanna Sallao
​
(m. 2023)​
Website drewbinsky.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Genres
  • Travel
  • adventure
  • humanity
  • inspiration
Subscribers4.07 million (YouTube)
12 million (All platforms) [1]
Total views880 million (YouTube)
4 billion (All platforms) [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: January 20, 2024

Drew Goldberg (born May 24, 1991), known by his online alias, Drew Binsky, is an American travel blogger and vlogger who has visited every country in the world. Binsky documents his travels on his YouTube channel and other social media accounts. He holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to pack a suitcase. Until 2021, he also held the record for the Most (12) UNESCO World Heritage Site visits in 24 hours, a record now set at 23.

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On October 29, 2021, Binsky visited Saudi Arabia, completing his feat of visiting every United Nations recognized country on Earth. As of 2021, his videos have received more than 4 billion views across his social media channels with more than 12 million followers.

Early life and education

Binsky was born Drew Goldberg in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. [2] [3] "Binsky" was a nickname given to him by his family, of Jewish German origin. [2] His first ever trip overseas was to Israel in 2009. [4] He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating in 2013 with degrees in economics and entrepreneurship. [5] During his third year in university, he entered into a study abroad program in Prague, Czech Republic. [6] He studied there for 1 semester, [7] and traveled to more than 20 countries across Europe, at which time he decided he would make a living out of traveling. [8]

Career

After college, Binsky took a job teaching English in Seoul, South Korea. He spent 18 months there, and traveled to 20 countries in Asia during that time. He quit his teaching job in January 2015 and began focusing on traveling full-time after that, [7] starting with a 3-month solo trip across India. [6] By October 2015, he had visited a total of 73 countries. [9] He also had started a travel blog called "The Hungry Partier" [10] (later renamed "Drew Binsky") [6] and began documenting his travels on Instagram and Snapchat. [7]

In 2017, his girlfriend at the time, Deanna Sallao, bought him a camera when they moved to Hanoi, Vietnam, which prompted him to create and begin posting videos on his YouTube channel (also called "Drew Binsky"). [6] [11] In May 2017, he uploaded a video of an organized trip to North Korea on his YouTube and Facebook channels. [4] The video accumulated over 10 million views within 2 days. Binsky also began earning money from YouTube and Facebook advertising revenue and sponsored partnerships with various brands. [5] He has over 12 million followers on social media and holds two Guinness World Records: visiting the most UNESCO Heritage sites in a 24-hour period and for quickest suitcase packing. [12] In 2018, he began living in and working from Bangkok, Thailand, [13] and, in 2019, began operating out of Manila, Philippines. [14]

In October 2019, Binsky met Zablon Simintov, who was thought to be the only remaining Jew still living in Afghanistan at the time, and featured him in a video that accumulated over 1 million views. [15] [16] His channel's three most viewed videos depict his encounters with Wim Hof in the Netherlands, the "tallest people in the world" in South Sudan, and Thai Ngoc—a man who claims to have not slept since 1962—in Vietnam. [17]

In 2020, Binsky announced an upcoming documentary on his travels called Border 197. [18] Binsky's goal was to travel to all 197 countries recognized by the United Nations in the world by the end of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he completed his goal on October 29, 2021, by visiting Saudi Arabia. [19]

Personal life

Binsky became engaged to Deanna Sallao in May 2021, [20] [21] and the two were married on Balesin Island on Valentine's Day 2023. [22] After graduating college, he had aspirations of becoming a professional golfer. [23] As part of his travels, he plays and reviews golf courses around the world. [24]

As of 2021, he resided in Phoenix, Arizona. [22] [25]

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