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Ali Velshi is an esteemed Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Velshi_on_Target">journalist</a> and television host who was born in the year of 1969 on 29th October. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in Toronto, Ontario. Velshi was an important figure in the CNN network. He served as the Chief Business Correspondent of CNN Network. He co-hosted a CNN’s International business show called World Business Today. In October 2016, he joined MSNBC. Ali Velshi is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Velshi_on_Target">co-anchor</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Ruhle">Stephanie Ruhle</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velshi_&_Ruhle">Velshi & Ruhle</a> on MSNBC.

Personal Life

Ali Velshi is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Velshi_on_Target">son</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_Velshi">Murad Velshi</a>, best known as someone who is the only Canadian with Indian Origin elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly and his wife Mila was raised in South Africa. Velshi is graduated in religious studies with a degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 1994. During his undergraduate years in Queen’s University, Velshi has covered a lot of news against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Manning">Preston Manning</a> and Canada’s Reform Party. In 2010, Queen’s University has awarded Velshi the prestigious Queen’s University Alumni Achievement Award and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater">Alma Mater</a>. In his early days, Velshi attended the Northern Secondary School in Toronto.

Velshi got married in his 20s, however, the marriage was very brief and ended shortly after with a divorce. He married his second wife, Lori Wachs in 2009. Lori Wachs was born in New York and worked as a hedge fund manager. She was also the president of Philadelphia-based Cross Ledge Investments. Velshi met Lori Wachs when she was his guest in his talk show. According to Marriedbiography.com, Velshi and Lori Wachs have three children together. The couple has been married happily for eight years now.

Career

Television

In 1996, Velshi earned a fellowship to pursuit mutual knowledge and practice to the United States Congress from American Political Science Association. In this fellowship, Velshi teamed-up with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_H._Hamilton">Lee H. Hamilton</a> – a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_H._Hamilton">member</a> of the Democratic Party and a representative of the 9th congressional district of Indiana.

Velshi has been given a lot of opportunities in news career especially in business and financial field. Velshi started as the General Assignment reporter at CFTO. Velshi demonstrated high skills as a news anchor when he was appointed as the General Assignment reporter. All Velshi’s hard work paid off finally when Velshi was promoted as the business reporter for CablePulse 24. In 1999, Velshi joined Report on Business Television, which now being called as BNN – Business News Network. BNN is one of the best and Canada’s popular all-business news channel. Velshi got the opportunity to host The Business News which was the major news program and prime-time business news.

CNN

Velshi moved to the United States in September 2001 to join CNNfn, a business news channel. He anchored Your Money for several years on every Saturday and Sunday. He also anchored other news shows such as Insights, Business Unusual, Street Sweep, and co-hosted The Money Gang with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Kiernan">Pat Kiernan</a> before CNNfn closed down in December 2004.

After CNNfn shut down, CNN took Velshi in for the early morning program, Daybreak. In 2005, Velshi hosted a 13-hour long reality television called The Turnaround. In this show, Velshi traveled across America to help small business owners grow business by recommended them high-profile mentors to help them to develop a business plan to succeed.

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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 <a href="/biography/benazir-bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a>. 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Velshi_on_Target">Real Money with Ali Velshi</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Velshi_on_Target">co-anchor</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Ruhle">Stephanie Ruhle</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velshi_&_Ruhle">Velshi & Ruhle</a> on MSNBC called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velshi_&_Ruhle">Velshi & Ruhle</a>.

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

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