Charles Gasparino
Charles Gasparino is an award-winning business journalist, bestselling author, and Wall Street insider. Gasparino is a Senior Correspondent for Fox Business Network, covering the latest news involving major events impacting finance, the economy and politics. He has been credited with being on the forefront of a number of breaking news stories in politics and finance. Prior to joining FBN, he was an on-air Editor for CNBC, where he was responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories affecting the financial markets during the recent financial crisis. Previously, he was a senior writer at Newsweek magazine and the Wall Street Journal, where he covered Wall Street scandals and the dotcom collapse. He has also served as a Contributor to the Daily Beast, New York Magazine and Forbes, among other publications. A recipient of numerous business journalism awards, Gasparino is also the author of the best-selling financial books.
Charles Gasparino Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Senior Correspondent
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On-Air Editor
Academic History
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Bachelor of Arts
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Master's Degree, Journalism
Gasparino was responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories affecting the financial markets during the 2008 financial crisis.
He covered he first reports of AIG’s government bailout, details behind the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the shakeups at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
EARLY CAREER
Before joining CNBC, he was a Senior Writer at Newsweek magazine where he broke major stories involving Wall Street and corporate America.
He also covered developments at the New York Stock Exchange under Richard Grasso and former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s crackdown on corporate crime.
He also served as a Writer for the Wall Street Journal where he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in beat reporting in 2002 and won the New York Press Club award for best continuing coverage of the Wall Street research scandal.
In 2003, his work was again submitted as part of a team of reporters for the paper's coverage of the NYSE and the resignation of its long-time chairman, Richard Grasso.
BOOKS
His 2009 investigative account of the banking crisis, The Sellout, was a New York Times best seller.
His other books include Blood on the Street, a BusinessWeek bestseller and was listed by Barron’s as one of the best business books of 2005, and King of the Club, which was named one of the best business books of 2007 by Library Journal.
His latest book is Go Woke Go Broke; The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America.