Little Star in a Big Spotlight: Beau Bobby Bruce Schulman

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Family at a Glance — a Portrait Table

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I write this like someone leaning into a living-room couch while family pictures scroll across the wall — a little grainy, very warm, and full of the small, cinematic gestures that make modern parenthood feel like a mini-series. Beau Bobby Bruce Schulman is, in the plainest terms, a young boy born into a family that the public knows well: his father is a television host and producer who broke out in the documentary world and then built a career hosting a hit series; his mother crafts visual stories and handheld moments online. But even with that public frame, what stands out about Beau is how the public and private brush up against each other in tiny, luminous ways.

The name as a compass (dates, numbers, and the gesture of memory)

Names are anchors. Beau was born on January 9, 2019 — a date that the parents celebrated publicly and that introduced the world to three given names arranged like a little map: Beau (the name he primarily goes by), Bobby (a nod to Nev’s father), and Bruce (a nod to Laura’s father). Those middle names are more than trivia; they’re family ledger entries, deliberate and old-fashioned in the best way — a ledger that says, we remember, we honor. For a child who, as of August 26, 2025, is 6 years, 7 months, and 17 days old, those names carry both lineage and the quiet guarantee of a family story being passed down.

Home movies and social media — growing up partially in public

Beau’s life is mostly the life of any kid: birthdays, messy hands, the rituals that make up childhood. But some of those moments get a second life when framed: birthday posts on Instagram, a family photo used in a profile piece, an offhand story in an interview about parenting. That’s the pattern for many children of creators — they are in the world and also in a feed. Beau doesn’t have a career — he’s six — but he does have a digital presence insofar as his parents sometimes share snapshots and notes about family milestones.

Numbers matter here: three children in the household (Cleo, Beau, Cy); a marriage that the public first celebrated publicly in 2017; and a cadence of posts and features where the family’s timeline becomes a small public timeline. Those numbers are the beats: 2016 (Cleo), 2019 (Beau), 2021 (Cy).

Siblingship — the trio as a mini-cast

Sibling dynamics read like casting choices. Cleo, born in October 2016, is the oldest — the big sister who arrived roughly two years and three months before Beau. Cy, born September 25, 2021, is the little one, almost four as of late August 2025. That places Beau squarely in the middle: old enough to hold his own, young enough to still need help opening stubborn jars. In family snapshots he is often the bridge between an assertive eldest and a still-to-be-tamed youngest — the character who keeps the plot moving.

Public events that touched the family

Public lives sometimes collide with private worry: when incidents — like a high-profile accident or a health scare involving a parent — make headlines, the family’s dynamics and the children’s presence in public narratives can shift. In summer 2024, there was a widely shared episode where the family rallied around the father after a cycling injury; drawings, family notes, and small tributes circulated in public posts. Moments like that reveal the texture beneath the highlight reel — tenderness, vulnerability, the real-life stakes behind the curated feed.

Career and finances — what’s real and what’s not

Beau has no professional biography to list — he is a child, and his “work” is play. There are no earnings or net-worth figures attributable to him; children don’t have public financial profiles and, in this case, none are reported. The adults in the family have public-facing careers that generate attention, but Beau’s place in those stories is familial, not professional.

What it looks like day-to-day (a storyteller’s snapshot)

Picture this: a kitchen island strewn with crayons, an animated debate about which cereal is superior, a parent with a camera off to the side trying to catch a candid laugh. That is the everyday cinematic moment — the frames we don’t always see in media but that the family occasionally invites us into. It’s domestic, it’s noisy, and it’s small-scale epic — the kind of living-room drama that seems both private and perfectly staged for that offhand Instagram slice.

FAQ

Who are Beau’s parents?

Beau’s parents are Nev Schulman, a TV host/producer/photographer, and Laura Perlongo, a creative director and content creator.

When was Beau born?

He was born on January 9, 2019.

Does Beau have siblings?

Yes — an older sister, Cleo (born Oct 2016), and a younger brother, Cy (born Sept 25, 2021).

Why does Beau have the middle names Bobby and Bruce?

Those middle names were chosen to honor his grandfathers — Bobby for Nev’s father and Bruce for Laura’s father.

Is Beau active on social media?

Beau does not have his own public career or personal social-media identity; he appears in family posts shared by his parents.

Does Beau have a public net worth?

No — as a minor, he does not have a public net worth; financial figures are not attributed to him.