Ali Velshi Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a National Headliner Award for Business & Consumer Reporting in 2010 for CNN's "How the Wheels Came Off․"
• Earned a degree in religion from Queens University in Canada
• Worked as a business anchor for Cable Pulse 24 early on in his career
• Reported on the collapse of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG and the Lehman Brothers, as well as on the U․S․ government's bailout plan
• Worked as CNN's Chief Business Correspondent until he left the network to join Al Jazeera America
• Though he was born in Kenya, he was raised in Toronto, Canada
• Co-authored a book called "How to Speak Money," a guide for understanding emerging international economics and personal finances