AFSA is pleased to welcome Charlie Gasparino, Senior Correspondent with Fox Business News and one of America’s most storied business reporters, as the opening keynote speaker for the LIVE 2021 Independents Conference & Expo.
As news breaks and headline stories unfold on Wall Street, Charlie Gasparino helps audiences understand how economic, financial, and political developments impact business growth.
As senior correspondent at FOX Business Network, Charlie delivers expert on-air reporting throughout the business day, covering the latest news from the financial world. An award-winning investigative journalist, he has also served as a CNBC on-air editor, where he broke some of the biggest stories during the financial crisis, including the first reports of AIG’s government bailout, the Lehman Brothers collapse, and the Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley shakeups.
Charlie also brings deep experience in print media; he is a former senior writer at Newsweek, where he broke major stories involving Wall Street and corporate America. During his time as a writer for The Wall Street Journal, his work was submitted for a Pulitzer in beat reporting in 2002 and won the New York Press Club award for best continuing coverage of the Wall Street research scandal. He has written several financial best-sellers, including The Sellout and Blood on the Street, and served as a contributor to the Daily Beast, New York Magazine, and Forbes.
Drawing on his extensive background of experience and in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of finance and politics, Charlie shares a thorough analysis of the days’ headlines and illuminates the impact of current and future Wall Street conditions on business.
Still not convinced you need to be there? Take a look at what we’re planning on the Gold Coast and visit independents.afsaonline.org to register today!
Keynote Announcement | Charlie Gasparino Joins AFSA on the Gold Coast
Mar 17, 2021
AFSA is pleased to welcome Charlie Gasparino, Senior Correspondent with Fox Business News and one of America’s most storied business reporters, as the opening keynote speaker for the LIVE 2021 Independents Conference & Expo.
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