Mary Dagen McDowell (born January 7, 1969) is an American anchor and co-host of ''The Bottom Line'' on
Fox Business
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. As well as a contributor on
Fox News
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.
Education
A native of
Campbell County, Virginia
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Grounded on a ...
, from a family of Irish background, McDowell graduated from
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...
with a degree in
Art history
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.
Career
McDowell began her career as a financial
journalist
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at the ''
Institutional Investor
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s Newsletter Division.
Fox News
McDowell co-hosted ''Mornings with Maria'' on
Fox Business
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from its inception in 2015 until 2023. She also appeared on ''
Imus in the Morning
''Imus in the Morning'' was a long-running radio show hosted by Don Imus. The show originated on June 2, 1968, on various stations in the Western United States and Cleveland, Ohio before settling on WNBC radio in New York City in 1971. In Octob ...
'' prior to Imus' death in 2019, and was a weekly panelist for ''Cashin' In'' (she has won the ''Cashin' In'' Challenge three times, in 2013, 2014, 2015, defeating the other three panelists, all of whom are professional money managers). Dagen is regularly asked to provide her opinions about economic and political views on Fox News. She had served as a panelist on ''Cavuto on Business'', which airs on Saturdays, took over hosting ''Bulls and Bears'' in 2016 following predecessor
Brenda Buttner
Brenda Buttner (May 22, 1961 – February 20, 2017) was a senior business correspondent and host of ''Bulls & Bears'' on Fox News. She also frequently contributed to ''Your World with Neil Cavuto''.
Buttner was born in Santa Cruz County, Calif ...
's eventually fatal cancer diagnosis, and participates regularly in ''
Outnumbered'' and ''
The Five'' and ''
Gutfeld!
''Gutfeld!'', known as ''The Greg Gutfeld Show'' from 2015 to 2021, is an American late-night talk show on Fox News Channel, created and presented by Greg Gutfeld. It airs at 11 p.m. ET on weeknights with an encore episode that airs Saturdays a ...
''. She also worked for
TheStreet.com
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.
In December 2022
Fox Business
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named McDowell co-host of a new show called ''The Bottom Line'' alongside
Sean Duffy
Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator and reality television personality who is currently a co-host of ''The Bottom Line'' on Fox Business, as well as a contributor on Fox News. ...
. The program will debut on January 23, 2023.
References
External links
Dagen McDowell, Fox Business
Fox Business people
1969 births
Living people
American investors
American people of Irish descent
Wake Forest University alumni
People from Brookneal, Virginia
Fox News people
Journalists from Virginia
American women television journalists
21st-century American women
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