Who is Michelle Wu's husband, Conor Pewarski?

May 2024 · 3 minute read

MICHELLE Wu has served as Boston's mayor since 2021.

She is the first woman and person of color to be elected as the Massachusetts city's mayor, and many are curious about her husband Conor Pewarski.

Who is Conor Pewarski?

Conor Pewarski was raised on Long Island, New York, whereas Michelle Wu is from Chicago, Illinois.

Per The Boston Globe, he "is the oldest of five highly educated siblings" and originally aspired to be a film producer, majoring in economics and film studies in college.

He was involved in sports growing up, having run track and played football, basketball, and lacrosse. 

According to his LinkedIn profile, Pewarski built a career in banking.

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He worked at East Boston Savings Bank from April 2013 to November 2021 and worked at Wells Fargo from June 2010 to April 2013.

It is unclear where he works now, but as the Boston Globe reported in November 2021, he had temporarily left his job to focus on his family after Wu was elected mayor.

He told the publication: "I don’t see myself as giving up my career altogether. But it’s hard to say that there’s a more important job than what my wife is doing.

"So, really, my primary job right now is making her successful at that."

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He has supported his wife's political career and encouraged her to follow her ambitions.

Per the outlet, Wu said: "He’s been the first to really push me. The first to see the possibilities that I didn’t even see on my own."

Pewarski attended Yale University, aligning with his wife's East Coast choice for higher education, as Wu graduated from Harvard.

How long has Conor Pewarski been married to Michelle Wu?

Pewarski and Wu have been married for over a decade, having wed in September 2012.

According to The Boston Globe, the pair "met through mutual friends" when Pewarski ended up at a party Wu was hosting following the Harvard-Yale game.

The couple continued their long-distance relationship while Perwarski finished college before he moved to Chicago to be with Wu.

Wu said: "We met in college at a time when neither of us would have imagined our lives would end up this way.

"But we’ve grown together and he’s been my rock for every twist and turn on this journey."

How many kids do they have together?

The Democratic politician and Pewarski have two children together, including sons Blaise and Cass.

In 2014, they welcomed their eldest child, Blaise. Their youngest son, Cass, was born in 2017.

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Wu's website Michelle For Boston reads: "As a mom to Blaise and Cass, every day I feel the urgency of families fighting the system to hear us, and to build communities that are healthy, safe, and resilient. Now’s the time for us to lead."

According to the Harvard Law School graduate's website via City of Boston, the family of four lives in Roslindale.

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