Jack Osbourne

Early life

Osbourne was born in London to Ozzy Osbourne and his wife and manager, Sharon (née Levy). He said that his childhood was "perfectly happy and contented". For the first six years of his life, he lived in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, then his parents moved the family to Los Angeles, but a year later the family returned to Buckinghamshire. When Osbourne was 11, the family moved back again to Southern California, this time to Beverly Hills. In spite of moving so many times at a young age, Osbourne did not find it disruptive.

One aspect of his life that constant moving didn't affect was his school life, and Osbourne despised not going to school, which was not helped by the fact that he was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia at the age of 8, and ADHD at the age of 10. At the time, he was studying at a Christian school in Los Angeles. He returned to England for a year before returning to Los Angeles, where he was enrolled into the special needs Park Century School. At 14, he was offered an internship at Virgin Records, where his mother was managing the band The Smashing Pumpkins. After Sharon stopped managing that band, Osbourne started Scouting for Epic Records, where his father had been on for many years. Osbourne also helped his mother in managing his father's annual touring Variety show, Ozzfest, advising her about promising musical acts.