Suroosh Alvi (born March 26, 1969) is a Canadian filmmaker and journalist who works in the entertainment business. He is the co-founder of VICE magazine, a young media brand with 500,000 subscribers in 34 countries.
Suroosh Alvi was born on the 26th of March in 1969 in Toronto, Canada. He is a son to Sabir A. Alvi and Sajida S, Alvi. Her mother works as a professor at McGill University while her father is a psychology professor at the University of Toronto. He has kept most of his personal life away from the public eye; it is not clear if he has any siblings or not.
His family, on the other hand, is Pakistani, and he currently lives in New York. His citizenship is Canadian, while his ethnicity is Pakistan-Canadian.
So, how old is Suroosh Alvi in 2026 and what is his height and weight? Well, Suroosh Alvi’s age is 57 years old having been born on 26 March 1969. Though he is 5′ 9″ in feet and inches and 175 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 169 lbs in Pound and 72 kg in Kilograms.
Surooshi attended McGill University, where he did a degree in philosophy. There is no other information available regarding his schooling.
He is presently married. He is married to his lovely wife; however, he has not revealed the name of his wife as well as if he has any children. Additionally, he has not revealed his marriage date. The two lead a happy life in New York, New York City in the United States.
In 1994, he founded the company called VICE together with Shane Smith as well as Kevin Mclnnes. This start-up started as a punk magazine in Montreal. Over time it is spread out to include other digital property networks, including Motherboard TV, VICE.com, OTT network as well as TheCreatorsProject.com.
Additionally, VICE acted as a record label apart from having a book publishing division. It also had a part to deal with in-house. By 2006, VICE had expanded from magazine publishing to video reporting. Suroosh secured himself a reporting section that he titled Gun Markets of Pakistan.
This section allowed him to cover different stories from different parts of the world, including the Gaza strip, Pakistan, Afghanistan as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In addition to reporting on VICE News, he was also employed by HBO as a journalist. Alvi produced documentaries for the VICE travel series, in addition to hosting some of them in 2017. The series he hosted delved into finding out the origin as well as the impact of the terrorist organizations in the world.
He additionally created a music label record label in 2002 named VICE Music. Through the record label, he was able to partner with event people such as Block Party, black lips, as well as Snoop Lion, in addition to many others. Through the label, they were able to produce more than 7 million global albums. He went further to partner with the Warner Bros. records.
For his film Heavy Metal in Baghdad, he was the co-director and executive producer. At the Warsaw Film Festival, this film was named the best documented in 2008. The field involved a band called Acrassicauda that existed during the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Alvi also travelled to Jamaica in 2012 together with VICE, where he produced the film titled REINCARNATED. As a producer and a director, he has released other television series such as Art Talk, World of Vice, Cut-Off as well as Powder and Rails.
Suroosh Alvi has amassed an estimated net worth of around $400 million as of 2026. His professional career has been his main source of wealth.
