Ali Velshi is the host of “Velshi” at MSNBC and business correspondent with NBC News. Prior to joining NBC News and MSNBC in 2016, he hosted “Ali Velshi On Target,” a nightly primetime show on Al Jazeera America. Before that, he served as CNN’s chief business correspondent, anchor of CNN International’s “World Business Today,” and host of CNN’s weekly business roundtable “Your Money.” Mr. Velshi also co-hosted CNN’s morning show, “American Morning.” He is the author of Gimme My Money Back and co-author with CNN’s Christine Romans of How to Speak Money.
An award-winning journalist, Mr. Velshi was honored with a National Headliner Award for Business & Consumer Reporting for “How the Wheels Came Off,” a special on the near collapse of the American auto industry. His work on disabled workers and Chicago’s red-light camera scandal in 2016 earned him two News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations, adding to a nomination in 2010 for his terrorism coverage. Additionally, Mr. Velshi has taken his economic analysis to “Oprah,” “The View,” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
