Todd Harrison
Encyclopedia
Todd Harrison is the founder and CEO of the Emmy Award
-winning internet media company Minyanville
.
. Starting in 1992, he spent seven years on the worldwide equity derivative desk at Morgan Stanley
, finishing as Vice President; was Managing Director of Derivatives at The Galleon Group
("brief and unsatisfying stint" of about a year-and-a-half), and was President of the $400 million hedge fund Cramer Berkowitz and writer for TheStreet.com
. He then founded the Minyanville internet media company and acts as its CEO.
He published his career story in The Other Side of Wall Street: In business it pays to be an animal, in life it pays to be yourself (2011: FT Press
).
Harrison has appeared on Fox
, CNBC
, CNN
, and Bloomberg Television
, and in The Wall Street Journal
, BusinessWeek
, The New York Times
, Worth
, Fortune
, Barron’s, Dow Jones MarketWatch, New York Magazine, and Canada’s National Post. He has been a guest on Bloomberg
's Taking Stock on numerous occasions to discuss the stock market and his book.
Harrison has lectured at numerous academic institutions including Harvard University
, Syracuse University
, New York University
, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
.
Along with Minyanville Media, Harrison received an Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his role as Executive Producer of the animated business news show Minyanville's World in Review.
Harrison and Minyanville support the company's charitable branch, The Ruby Beck Foundation for Children's Education. In mid-2011, he and the Foundation were "committed to rebuilding a high school library destroyed by the deadly tornado in Joplin, Missouri
".
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning internet media company Minyanville
Minyanville
Minyanville Media, Inc. is an Internet-based financial media and publishing company. Investment/business articles and broadcasts are available to the public on the Minyanville website, and via licensing agreements with major financial websites that include Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, AOL Money &...
.
Biography
Harrison has more than twenty years of experience on Wall StreetWall Street
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
. Starting in 1992, he spent seven years on the worldwide equity derivative desk at Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....
, finishing as Vice President; was Managing Director of Derivatives at The Galleon Group
Galleon Group
Galleon Group was one of the largest hedge fund management firms in the world, managing over $7 billion, before closing in October 2009. The firm was at the center of a 2009 insider trading scandal that resulted in investors pulling capital from the firm rapidly...
("brief and unsatisfying stint" of about a year-and-a-half), and was President of the $400 million hedge fund Cramer Berkowitz and writer for TheStreet.com
TheStreet.com
-History:TheStreet.com, Inc., was co-founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer and Martin Peretz. It is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market. The company is headquartered at 14 Wall Street in New York City. Its stock was made public in May 1999 under the direction of past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer...
. He then founded the Minyanville internet media company and acts as its CEO.
He published his career story in The Other Side of Wall Street: In business it pays to be an animal, in life it pays to be yourself (2011: FT Press
FT Press
FT Press , the book publishing imprint related to the Financial Times newspaper, creates books in the areas of General Business, Finance and Investing, Sales and Marketing, Leadership, Management and Strategy, Human Resources, and Global Business. FT Press is the publishing partner for Wharton...
).
Harrison has appeared on Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
, CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, and Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...
, and in The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek
Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Worth
Worth (magazine)
Worth is an American wealth management magazine for high net worth individuals. It is published on a bi-monthly basis and circulated to over 110,000 recipients.-History:Worth was founded in 1992 as a wealth management magazine for high net worth individuals...
, Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
, Barron’s, Dow Jones MarketWatch, New York Magazine, and Canada’s National Post. He has been a guest on Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial software, media, and data company. Bloomberg makes up one third of the $16 billion global financial data market with estimated revenue of $6.9 billion. Bloomberg L.P...
's Taking Stock on numerous occasions to discuss the stock market and his book.
Harrison has lectured at numerous academic institutions including Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
, New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
.
Along with Minyanville Media, Harrison received an Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his role as Executive Producer of the animated business news show Minyanville's World in Review.
Harrison and Minyanville support the company's charitable branch, The Ruby Beck Foundation for Children's Education. In mid-2011, he and the Foundation were "committed to rebuilding a high school library destroyed by the deadly tornado in Joplin, Missouri
Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...
".