Gerald "Jerry" Bowyer (born 1962)
is an American investment manager, author, and columnist. He is a former radio and broadcasting host who has also been extensively involved in public affairs, political writing, and investment activities.
Early career
Bowyer, an accountant at the time,
began what his biography calls his "first professional position" in 1990 at
Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen was an American accounting firm based in Chicago that provided auditing, tax advising, consulting and other professional services to large corporations. By 2001, it had become one of the world's largest multinational corporat ...
, then one of the six largest accounting firms in the United States. He left the firm in 1993 to work briefly as the vice president of the Beechwood Company, the holding company for
Federated Investors
Federated Hermes is an investment manager headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1955 and incorporated on October 18, 1957, the company manages $624 billion of customer assets, as of Sept. 30, 2022. The company offe ...
, a mutual fund business.
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Media
Bowyer started in broadcast media in 1993 as the host of WPIT-FM’s ''Cross-Town Perspectives'' program. Beginning in October 1999, he hosted ''The Jerry Bowyer Program'' on WPTT radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
, a live 3-hour program focusing on business, politics and current events. He left WPTT in July 2005.
Beginning in September 2005, Bowyer was the host on an afternoon show on Christian talk radio station WORD-FM
WORD-FM (101.5 MHz) is a Christian talk radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned by the Salem Media Group, the station broadcasts with an ERP of 43 kW. Its transmitter is located in Reserve Township, Pennsylvania.
History
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in Pittsburgh. He left in February 2006 after suffering chest pains after cross-country skiing. Bowyer posted a message to listeners citing an ongoing stress-related illness and the need to scale back.
Bowyer has also been on many television programs. He is the former host of religious broadcaster Cornerstone TeleVision
The Cornerstone Television Network is a non-commercial Christian broadcast and satellite television network based in Wall, Pennsylvania, United States. Its founder was Russ Bixler. The network has 44 full-power and 57 low-power affiliate station ...
’s syndicated program ''Focus on the Issues''. He also previously hosted ''Pennsylvania Newsmakers'', a public affairs television program that airs through much of Pennsylvania.
Bowyer is also the former host of ''WorldView'', a Sunday-morning political talk show that is syndicated on approximately 2 dozen TV stations. In his bio, Bowyer mentions interviews done for the show that include those of Vice President Dick Cheney; Lynne Cheney
Lynne Ann Cheney ( ; ; born August 14, 1941) is an American author, scholar, and former talk show host. She is married to the 46th vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney, and served as the second lady of the United States from 2001 to ...
, the Vice President’s wife; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Presidential advisor Karl Rove; former Attorney General Edwin Meese
Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration (1967–1974), the Reagan pre ...
; and publisher and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (; born July 18, 1947) is an American publishing executive and politician who is the editor-in-chief of ''Forbes'', a business magazine. He is the son of longtime ''Forbes'' publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandso ...
.
Bowyer has also been a guest on television programs, and has received criticism for statements surrounding universal healthcare
Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) is a health care system in which all residents of a particular country or region are assured access to health care. It is generally organized ar ...
aiding in terrorism.
Public affairs and political writing
In 1993, Bowyer was the founding president of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. The institute's "political arm" was the Allegheny Institute Taxpayer Coalition. In January 1997, the ''Pittsburgh Business Times
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'' reported that the "views of owyer'sconservative think tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmental or ...
, the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, were informally adopted last year by the newly elected Republican county commission majority."[Dan Fitzpatrick]
"Allegheny County: a poster child for privatization? Jerry Bowyer has the ear of Republican commissioners"
''Pittsburgh Business Times
American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes The Business Journals, which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States, Hemmings Motor News ...
'', January 3, 1997
The institute was launched by Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife (; July 3, 1932 – July 4, 2014) was an American billionaire, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, and the owner and publisher of the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''. In 2005, Scaife was n ...
and has been funded in large part by the various Scaife Foundations; of the $3.8 million in grants to the Institute between 1995 and 2005, more than $3.5 million came from four of those foundations.
Bowyer resigned as head of the institute in early 2001 to spend more time with his radio and television activities. He was succeeded by Jake Haulk, PhD, a long-time employee of the institute.
Bowyer is the author of ''The Bush Boom: How a Misunderestimated President Fixed a Broken Economy'', published by Allegiance Press in October 2003, and ''The Free Market Capitalist's Survival Guide: How to Invest and Thrive in an Era of Rampant Socialism'', published by HarperCollins in February 2011.
He is a weekly contributor to Forbes.com, and an occasional contributor to Forbes magazine. He also occasionally contributes to The Wall Street Journal.
Business interests
Bowyer was chairman of the board of Impact Total Return Portfolio, a mutual fund. (also known as "IMPACT Management Investment Trust"). He was an economic advisor to Independence Portfolio Partners and a member of the investment committee of Blue Vase Capital Management. He was also a director of Gundaker/Jordan American Holdings, a financial services company, from May 2001 until late 2002.
Bowyer is the founder of Newsmakers Leadership Group, "a research and media company targeted at leaders", and its research and consulting arm, Verity Research & Media. Verity produces the ''Pennsylvania Newsmakers'' show, and does other research and media work. He is also the chairman of Bowyer Media,[Jerry Bower]
"Mary and the Wise Guy"
''Orthodoxy Today'', July 3, 2007 a company specializing in radio and television production, print and internet publishing, and economic analysis.
Jerry Bowyer is an economist for the Ronald Blue & Co. Investment Policy Committee, where he has helped to develop an approach to economics and investment known as Principled Reasoning. Principled Reasoning seeks to replace predominant academic models for portfolio risk assessment which are based on variability or volatility with models based on adherence with certain fundamental principles of human flourishing. According to a Principled Reasoning approach to risk, when nations violate fundamental principles they add inherent risk to their investment climate requiring higher risk premiums in valuations in order to compensate for the higher risk level.
Personal
Bowyer graduated from Robert Morris University
Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the mericanrevolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 b ...
. He lives in Boston, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Susan. The two have home-schooled their seven children.
In the early 1990s, Bowyer was the executive director of the National Reform Association, an organization with close ties to the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) is a Presbyterian church with congregations and missions throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Chile. Its beliefs—held in common with other members of the Reformed Presbyteria ...
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https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025542/http://www.christianobserver.org/rpcna.htm]. He called for creation of a "theocracy" in America: "Christocracy, the rule of Christ over the nation," he called it once, according to a 1999 Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large na ...
article.[Ira Chinoy and Robert G. Kaiser]
Decades of Contributions to Conservatism
''Washington Post'', May 2, 1999 Bowyer changed his position on religion and state in the mid 90s and frequently asserted his disagreements with the religious right and agreements with the position of the founding fathers on his radio program.
Bowyer has previously blogged on crosswalk.com, a "Christ-centered, for-profit corporation",
accessed July 6, 2007 and is an Anglican Vestryman.
References
External links
Bowyer's personal website
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1962 births
Living people
American political writers
American male non-fiction writers
Robert Morris University alumni
Human Events people