Ali Velshi
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Velshi reporting for NBC News on the floor of The NYSE
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| Born |
Ali Velshi October 29, 1968 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Alma mater | Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist, Author |
| Agent | N.S. Beinstock, New York, Greater Talent Network (literary) |
| Notable credit(s) |
American Morning Anderson Cooper 360° Election Center The Situation Room Your Money host Issue No. 1 host Real Money with Ali Velshi Ali Velshi on Target |
| Title | Anchor Chief Business Correspondent |
| Relatives | Murad Velshi (father) |
| Website | alivelshi |
Ali Velshi (born October 29, 1968) is a Canadian television journalist, Chief Business Correspondent for NBC News, and anchor of MSNBC Live and Morning Joe First Look on the news division's cable network, MSNBC. Best known for his work on CNN, he was CNN's Chief Business Correspondent, Anchor of CNN's Your Money and a co-host of CNN International's weekday business show World Business Today. In 2013, he joined Al Jazeera America, a channel that launched in August 2013. He continued to host the program until Al Jazeera America ceased operations on April 12, 2016. He has worked for MSNBC since October 2016.
Born in Nairobi, Kenya and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he is the son of Murad Velshi, the first Canadian of Indian origin elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and his wife Mila, who grew up in South Africa. He is an Ismaili Muslim of Gujarati Indian descent and earned a degree in religious studies from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1994. During his time at Queen's he made news by organizing protests against Preston Manning and Canada's Reform Party. In 2010, Velshi was awarded the Queen's University Alumni Achievement Award. In 2016, Velshi was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by his Alma Mater. He previously attended Toronto's Northern Secondary School during which time he was elected school president.
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