Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo (born July 24, 1968, in

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) is a financial commentator,

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, and was

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of ''CNN Dinero'' at

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, from 2010 to 2023. Serbiá is also a former member of the

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Menudo.

Career

In Finance and journalism

Having already decided that music would not be part of his future, he finished his studies specializing in Finance, partly due to the financial problems he had thanks to the accountants who managed his fortune. Serbiá has a master's degree in Financial Economics from Trinity College, Connecticut. He pursued an MBA with a specialization in Finance and also passed level I of the CFA exam. Serbiá is the author of the best-seller "Four steps to wealth", published by Santillana. He is also a Yahoo! Finance writer. in Spanish on his weekly program "Conexión Dinero", and financial staff editor for Siempre Mujer's "Money Matters", published by Meredith Corporation. Serbiá's columns are published by El Diario La Prensa of New York, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico, Ser Padres. For the International Center for Journalists, Xavier Serbiá was the instructor in online courses in Spanish on personal finance coverage for Hispanic journalists and journalists who cover US financial issues. Serbia also launched xavierserbia.com, a financial site in Spanish. The site includes his opinions, videos, and questions and answers from a financial party. In 2003, Serbiá was chosen by NBC-Telemundo and Ford to present the series "The Road to Triumph", in which he served as writer, advisor and presenter. He also appeared as a commentator on Telemundo (Noticiero Nacional), "NY Noticiero 47", "Mañana This" and "América en Vivo", "María Elvira Live", among others. Serbiá also hosted a Spanish version of the game show ''

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'', named ''Control Remoto'', for three months on Puerto Rican television's

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during 1989. Mr. Serbiá has a master's degree in

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from Trinity College and an

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from Keller Graduate School of Management. As an actor, Serbia acted in a sitcom named ''La Pensión de Doña Tere'' as well as on the teen musical comedy films '' Menudo: La Pelicula'' and ''

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'', the two latter in which he shared credits with his fellow Menudo band members. He left CNN in February 2023.

Personal

Serbiá's first wife died. He is now married to an Argentine named Fabiana Uballes. He has one son.

In pop culture

Serbia is played by Samu Jove in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video series based on Menudo, '' Subete A Mi Moto''.

Books

* *

Discography

With Menudo

* ''Es Navidad'' (1980) * '' Fuego'' (1981) * '' Xanadu'' (1981) * ''

Quiero Ser ''Quiero Ser'' (also titled ''Rock Chiquillo'' in Puerto Rico) is the ninth studio album by the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, released in 1981 by Padosa Records. The lineup at the time included members Ricky Meléndez, René Farrait, Johnny L ...

'' (1981) * '' Por Amor'' (1982) * ''

'' (1982) * '' Feliz Navidad'' (1982)

With Proyecto M

* ''Proyecto M'' (1987)

As a solo artist (as Xavier)

* ''Sere'' (1991) * ''Para Siempre'' (1992)

References

External links

Official Twitter account
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