Eric Bolling
| Eric Bolling | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 2, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1] |
| Occupation | FOX News and FOX Business Network anchor/investor |
| Other names | The Admiral |
| Title | Analyst, host, columnist, investor |
Eric Bolling (born March 2, 1963) is an American television personality who specializes in financial news and political commentary. He has occupied numerous roles as a commentator on financial issues for television. He was described as "relentlessly upbeat", "hard-charging" and "cheerful" in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,[1] which noted that he was the host of the Fox Business show Follow the Money.
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[edit] Early life
Bolling graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He attended Duke University after graduating from Rollins. Bolling was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1984 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1] His playing career was cut short due to a torn rotator cuff.
[edit] Career
Bolling was a commodities trader[1] on the New York Mercantile Exchange. He specialized in trading natural gas, crude oil, gold, and other commodities.
After serving five years on the Board Of Directors at the NYMEX (now CME Group), Bolling became a strategic adviser to the Exchange's Board of Directors. He was included in Trader Monthly Top 100 in 2005 and 2006. Bolling was the recipient of the Maybach Man of the Year Award at the Trader Monthly Awards, January 17, 2007.[2]
Bolling was involved in developing CNBC's Fast Money. Bolling left CNBC in August 2007 and moved to the new Fox Business Network as one of the network's financial analysts. He hosted the business show Happy Hour, which ran opposite Fast Money in the 5 pm time slot.
Bolling appears on Fox News Channel as a panelist on Bulls and Bears, airing Saturday mornings; as the host of the business hour on Foxnews.com Strategy Room at 3 pm; and as a panelist on the weekday show The Five. He also now hosts Follow The Money, formerly titled Money Rocks.[3][1] Political issues are also prominent in his broadcasts. He is a contributor to the Foxnews.com opinion blog Fox Forum.[4] and is a regular fill-in host on The Glenn Beck Program, The O'Reilly Factor and Fox and Friends. In 2012, there was a report that Bolling had become a supporter of Fairtax, a tax reform proposal.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Carpenter, Mackenzie (July 25, 2010). "Ex-Pirates minor leaguer, Eric Bolling, talks bucks on Fox". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10206/1072715-67.stm. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ "Eric Bolling – Maybach Man of the Year". Trader Daily. January 17, 2007
- ^ Stelter, Brian (June 9, 2010). "Bolling Will Be Host of a New Fox Business Show". The New York Times. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/fox-business-network/. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ "Bowling For Eric (With Lawyers)". Mediabistro. August 27, 2007.
