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*[http://www.foxbusiness.com/our-team/personalities/cody-willard-718147532 |
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*[http://www.marketwatch.com/cody The Revolutionewsletter, a paid investment advice column that Cody runs] |
*[http://www.marketwatch.com/cody The Revolutionewsletter, a paid investment advice column that Cody runs] |
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*[http://www.spokeup.com/ Spokeup.com, a closed social network] |
*[http://www.spokeup.com/ Spokeup.com, a closed social network] |
Revision as of 10:43, 27 November 2016
Cody Willard | |
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Born | Ruidoso, New Mexico, U.S. | August 31, 1972
Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
Occupation(s) | Former hedge fund manager Television anchor Investor |
Cody Willard (born August 31, 1972 in Ruidoso, New Mexico), is an American investor, television anchor and former hedge fund manager. He was the founder of CL Willard Capital, a hedge fund which he closed in 2007, and the founder of WallStreetAllStars.com.
Willard also serves as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University where he teaches a class called "Revolutionomics" focused on technology and business. He is the author of a subscription-based investment newsletter TradingWithCody.com and the author of CodyWillard.com, a blog focusing on topics from music to Wall Street to popular culture.
He was an anchor on the Fox Business Network, where he was the co-host of the long-time #1-rated show on the network, Fox Business Happy Hour. He wrote a monthly investment column for The Financial Times as well as columns for TheStreet.com and was a regular guest on CNBC's Kudlow & Company.
He began his career at Oppenheimer & Co. in 1996 (after his first job in New York City, a barista at Starbucks[1]) and was Chief Analyst at Visual Radio, a technology venture capital fund, and vice president of wholesale operations at Broadview Networks, a telecommunications company.
Personal life
Willard grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico with actor Neil Patrick Harris, who later invested in his friend's hedge fund. Willard earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of New Mexico, where he played basketball as a walk-on.[2]
He is a musician who has played backup guitar for Neil Sedaka, Lorrie Morgan and others, and is a songwriter and producer with the indie rock band The Muddy Souls.
References
- ^ reference: Huckabee on FNC 3/29/2009
- ^ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1 December 2008.