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Interview With Mellody Hobson
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As president of Ariel Investments and its billions of dollars in assets, Mellody Hobson's ear is close to the ground on the economy. The Daily Beast talked to her about the latest employment numbers, the government's response, and what it will take to get business back on the right track.
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Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm. She is a financial expert on ABC’s Good Morning America and a spokeswoman for the annual Ariel/Schwab Black Investor Survey, which examines the influences and investing habits of black and white Americans. She is a regular columnist in Black Enterprise and serves as a board member of the Chicago Public Library, The Chicago Public Education Fund, and The Sundance Institute.
I've been actively following the career of British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton, who is a phenomenon and a personal inspiration. He was the first black driver in Formula One history, and despite his tremendous success, being the one ...
Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm. She is a financial expert on ABC’s Good Morning America and a spokeswoman for the annual Ariel/Schwab Black Investor Survey, which examines the influences and investing habits of black and white Americans. She is a regular columnist in Black Enterprise and serves as a board member of the Chicago Public Library, The Chicago Public Education Fund, and The Sundance Institute.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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