Ari Louis

Ari Louis (born March 26, 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former television host, radio personality and business man. He is currently the CEO of Israel sports radio, the only sports station in the Middle East.
Education
In 2001, Louis studied at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Although he studied at the Walter Kronkite School of Broadcasting, he would later graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies. At Arizona State University, Louis was the founder of Chabad at A.S.U. and he also served as the Vice-President of ASU for Israel as well a member of the ASU Hillel Board. Louis graduated college in two years.
Radio career
In 2002, Louis began a live talk show in Tucson, Arizona called Louis Live. The show ran 50 minutes per episode, and featured sports talk and live callers. Before long, the show morphed into one-on-one battles between Louis and crank callers. It ran on and off for 5 years with Louis being suspended from the Access Tucson Network a record 5 times, which made Louis a cult celebrity.
In Spring of 2009, Louis moved to Israel and began a radio sports talk show with Andrew Gershman on RustyMikeRadio.com. The show was so successful that Louis and Gershman were approached to start their own sports talk network. Israel sports radio began going on air in the Fall of 2010.
Louis has interviewed Pete Rose, Roy Jones Jr., Curt Schilling, Oakland Athletics owner Lewis Wolff, Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace, New York Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride, Boston Celtics President Richard Gotham, Former Boston Red Sox and current Chicago White Sox player Kevin Youkilis, 4-Time Track and Field Champion Tyree Washington, Butler Bulldogs Head Basketball Coach Brad Stevens, New York Rangers play by play man Kenny Albert, former New Jersey Nets guard Jordan Farmar, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier promoter Shelly Saltman, Mike Tyson opponent James Tillis, Former WBC Super Featherweight Champion Jesse James Leija, Dallas Stars Eric Nystrom, Fox Sports Jay Glazer, New York Knicks Amare Stoudamire, Robert De Niro co-star Charles Grodin, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and several media personalities from ESPN such as Dan Shulman, Marc Stein, Tommy Smyth, Steve Bunin and Mike Hill.
In the summer of 2011 Louis obtained full control of IsraelSportsRadio.com.
He currently lives in Jerusalem, Israel.

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