After The Turnaround turned to a success because the show helped a lot of business owners, Velshi was offered another opportunity on the news channel. Velshi joined The Situation Room from 2005 to 2006, after that Velshi joined American Morning as a substitute anchor for CNN/U.S. Tragic events in 2008 brought Velshi a lot of opportunities to get more airtime. He reported a news from Islamabad, Pakistan about a destroyed Marriot Hotel after killing Benazir Bhutto. Velshi appeared all day and night with his live reports on hurricane locations. During the financial crisis in 2008, Velshi once again become popular because he took viewer’s live calls in his Your Money show and his radio show.
In 2008, Velshi took a cross-country road-trip with the CNN Election Express. He traveled from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Los Angeles, California. His mission was to discuss money issues with Americans. Not only limited to those cities mentioned above, Velshi has been to rural Texas for 10 days with CNN Election Express before that Texas primaries.
Velshi never limits himself only in a business news channel, Velshi has tried to venture out from a business news channel. In 2008. Velshi was given an opportunity to host CNN's, Energy Hunt. The Energy Hunt started him from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and to the Oil Sands of Canada.
Velshi is still practicing Islam even in the United States. Being a Muslim, Velshi has strongly agreed to build mosques near Ground Zero in New York City. During March 10, 2011, according to CNN Transcripts: "Muslim Radicalization Hearing Ends", Velshi gave his full support of the separation of mosque and rejected Shariah law in the United States which is called "Political Islam". Political Islam is a term for advocating the society according to Islamic rules.
Al Jazeera America
In 2013, Velshi decided to leave CNN and pursuit his anchor career with another news channel. Velshi joined Al Jazeera America Television that year. Velshi hosted his own show called Real Money with Ali Velshi in Al Jazeera America. It was a weekly 30 minutes prime-time program and it turned to a daily show in August 2013. In 2015, the show renamed to Ali Velshi on Target. Sadly, even with a lot of support from the viewers, Al Jazeera America ceased operations in April 2016 and all Velshi’s shows were canceled as well.
MSNBC and NBC
After Al Jazeera America ceased operations, Velshi joined MSNBC in October 2016. This time in MSNBC, he serves as Chief Business Correspondent until present. Velshi is a co-anchor with Stephanie Ruhle of Velshi & Ruhle on MSNBC called Velshi & Ruhle.
Books
Velshi has written two books in his past; Gimme My Money Back: Your Guide to Beating the Financial Crisis and How to Speak Money: The Language & Knowledge You Need Now
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 29 Oct, 1969 |
| Age: | 50 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist |
| Citizenship: | Kenya |
| Birth Place: | Nairobi |
| Education: | Queen's University List of universities in Canada |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Canadian journalist |
| Twitter Id: | Alivelshi |
| Net Worth 2021: | 2 million |
