Ali Velshi (born October 29, 1969) is a Canadian television journalist and host of Real Money with Ali Velshi on Al Jazeera America. 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.
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
Movies
The Street
TV Shows
Ali Velshi on Target, American Morning, CNN Newsroom, First Look
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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I am very careful not to wantonly encourage people to join my industry or aspire to work in TV. I am certain that, generally speaking, the wage pressure in the television news industry is downward. When I'm interviewing people I ask them two or three times 'Is this really something you want?' They have to know what they're getting into.
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CNN in Atlanta, Georgia [April 2010]
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Release of his book, "Gimme My Money Back: Your Guide to Beating the Financial Crisis". [January 2009]
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CNN in Atlanta, Georgia [May 2010]
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CNN chief business correspondent.
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Member of the Economic Club of New York, and the New York Financial Writers Association.
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Friend of Pat Kiernan. They had co-hosted "The Money Gang" on CNNfn.
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Joined the business news channel, CNNfn, in September 2001, in New York City. Anchored several shows before the network closed down in December 2004. Was then reassigned to the main United States CNN network.
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In 1996, was awarded a fellowship to the United States Congress from the American Political Science Association.
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Earned a degree in religious studies from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1994. Previously attended Toronto's Northern Secondary School, which has produced a number of internationally successful people in the television industry.
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Born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Murad Velshi, an Indian business owner in Africa and then in Canada, and the first Indian-Canadian elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is an Ismaili Muslim.
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Canadian television journalist.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Panelist on TV
Around the World in 90 Seconds
2006
Short
Ali
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Around the World in 90 Seconds
2006
Short written by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself - Business Correspondent / Himself - Chief Business Correspondent / Himself - MSNBC Anchor and Correspondent
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
2017
TV Series
Himself - Contributor
AM Joy
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
PoliticKING with Larry King
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Muslims Are Coming!
2013
Documentary
Himself
Real Money with Ali Velshi
2013
TV Series
Himself - Host
Anderson Cooper 360°
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Hour
2009-2012
TV Series
Himself
Piers Morgan Tonight
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2011
TV Series
Himself
What The Week
2010
TV Series
Himself (2010)
CNN Breaking News: Terror Attempt on U.S. Airliner
2009
TV Movie
Himself - Anchor
D.L. Hughley Breaks the News
2008
TV Series
Himself
The Situation Room
2008
TV Series
Himself
In the Money
2007
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself - Co-Host
On the Story
2005-2006
TV Series
Himself - Anchor
The Turnaround
2005
TV Series documentary
Host
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mobilize
2014
Documentary
The Colbert Report
2011
TV Series
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form
CNN Breaking News: Terror Attempt on U.S. Airliner (2009)
Known for movies
CNN Breaking News: Terror Attempt on U.S. Airliner (2009) as Himself - Anchor
On the Story (2005-2006) as Himself - Anchor
In the Money (2007) as Himself - Host / Himself - Co-Host
$700,000
