David Scott Simon, professionally known as Scott Simon is an American journalist and the host of on NPR. His father Ernie Simon is a comedian and his mother Patricia Lyons is a renowned actress.

His childhood was awesome as he grew up in different major cities including Washington D.C., Montreal, Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Canada with his siblings.

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At the age of , Simon lost his father. After the death of her husband, his mother Patricia Lyons later married Ralph G. Newman, an author and a former minor league baseball player who owns the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago. Simon is a graduate of Nicholas Senn High School. 

At the beginning of his career, Simon worked at several media stations, and in he landed a job at NPR as Chicago bureau chief, where he served for over 3 decades.

Besides journalism, Scott is also an author and has published several books including about his experience adopting two daughters and and.

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Moreover, Scott received wide notice as a host in many TV series such asand

Additionally, Simon has earned major awards throughout his professional career as a broadcaster, including the Peabody and the Emmy award. Further, In the year, Simon was named a Lincoln Laureate in the world of Business, Communications, and Industry.

Taking eyes on his personal life, Simon married a French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard, in a mixed-faith service in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at the home of fashion designer, Alexandra Julian. The couple adopted two Chinese daughters, Elise and Lina.

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In , Simon and his wife were put under investigation by the police as a part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. Similarly, in , Simon started tweeting about his emotions and conversations with his mother during her last days.  

Simon holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. She earns a decent amount of money being an author, journalist, host, and television personality. As of , the Emmy award-winning journalist, Scott Simon has a net worth of over $1.5 million. 

Scott is highly active on his Twitter account as he has around and in his account. 

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