Brian Sullivan (born July 19, 1971,

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) is a television news anchor and business journalist.

Biography

Brian Sullivan is an anchor and correspondent for CNBC. He is the network's Senior National Correspondent and presents the station's evening programme ''Last Call'', having previously hosted '' Worldwide Exchange''. Before this Brian co-hosted '' Power Lunch'' and '' Street Signs''. Prior to joining CNBC in 2011, Sullivan produced, reported, and anchored at

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(12 years) and

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(3 years). Sullivan is recognized as one of the first financial journalists to highlight the risks of the

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. He has been nominated for two prestigious Loeb Awards, one for his 2013 documentar
America's Gun: Rise of the AR-15
and the other for the 2007 special "Subprime Shockwaves," which also won the NY CPA Society Excellence in Financial Journalism award. He is a frequent guest on the

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program

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and has also appeared on

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. In 2014 he reported from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Prior to joining Bloomberg in 1997, Sullivan traded chemical commodities for Mitsubishi International. He is a 1993 graduate of

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double majoring in Political Science and history, where he played on the rugby team and is a member of

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fraternity. He has received a law degree from

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as well as a Certificate in Journalism from the New York University School of Continuing Education. Sullivan also races cars competing in the

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class Spec Racer Ford. He previously raced in the class Formula Mazda. He won both the 2003 NESCCA Formula Mazda and 2008 NESCCA Spec Racer Ford championships. Sullivan is a graduate of James Wood High School in Winchester,

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