|
Ali Velshi (born October 29, 1968) is a Canadian television journalist and host of ''Ali Velshi on Target'' 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. ==Personal life== 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.〔 "Ali Velshi." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Retrieved 2008-11-23. Document Number: K2017691604.〕 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. He previously attended Toronto's Northern Secondary School during which time he was elect school president. Velshi was married briefly in his 20s; in 2009, he married his second wife, New York-born hedge fund manager Lori Wachs, the president of Philadelphia-based Cross Ledge Investments, whom he met when she was a guest on his show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ali Velshi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|