Casey Owen Neistat (/ˈnaɪstæt/;[1]: 0:27  born March 25, 1981)[2] is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger and co-founder of the multimedia company Beme, which was later acquired by CNN.[3] In 2018, he founded 368, a creative space for creators to collaborate with each other.[4]

Neistat was born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut,[5][6] to Barry Edward Neistat (b. 1953),[7] then a commercial kitchen appliance salesman, and Amy Louise (née Bickford; b. 1956).[7][8] They later operated the Muddy Waters Cafe in New London, Connecticut. His paternal grandmother Louise Neistat (née Grossman; 1919–2011) was a professional tap dancer and instructor who primarily worked at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.[9][10]

He was brought up in Reform Judaism. He dropped out of high school during his sophomore year at the age of 17.[11] He eventually left his family and had a son named Owen, at age 17, with his then-girlfriend Robin Harris, in 1998.[12] Between the age of 17 and 20 (from 1998 to 2001), he lived in a trailer park with Harris and Owen.[13] It was during this time that Neistat decided to move to New York City.

Before moving to New York City, Neistat worked as a dishwasher at a seafood restaurant[14] and was a short-order cook in Mystic, Connecticut.

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