Cody Willard
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Cody Willard 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) and was Chief Analyst at Visual Radio, a technology venture capital fund, and vice president of wholesale operations at Broadview Networks, a telecommunications company.
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.
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.
United States
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investor, television anchor and former hedge fund
Hedge fund
A hedge fund is a private pool of capital actively managed by an investment adviser. Hedge funds are only open for investment to a limited number of accredited or qualified investors who meet criteria set by regulators. These investors can be institutions, such as pension funds, university...
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
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
where he teaches a class called "Revolutionomics" focused on technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
and business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
. He is the author of a subscription-based investment newsletter TradingWithCody.com and the author of CodyWillard.com, a blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
focusing on topics from music to Wall Street
Wall 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...
to popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
.
He was an anchor on the Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
, where he was the co-host of the long-time #1-rated show on the network, Fox Business Happy Hour
Fox Business Happy Hour
Fox Business Happy Hour is an American financial program aired on the Fox Business Network weekdays from 5-6pm Eastern Time and was hosted by Rebecca Diamond, Cody Willard and Eric Bolling.-About the program:...
. He wrote a monthly investment column for The Financial Times as well as columns 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...
and was a regular guest on 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...
's Kudlow & Company
Kudlow & Company
The Kudlow Report is a news television program about business and politics hosted by Lawrence Kudlow, that airs on the CNBC television channel at 7pm ET. The show began airing on January 26, 2009. It is a successor to Kudlow & Company, which aired from 2005 until October 2008...
.
He began his career at Oppenheimer & Co. in 1996 (after his first job in New York City, a barista at Starbucks) 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 MexicoRuidoso, New Mexico
Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 8,029 at the 2010 census...
with actor Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, director, and magician.Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold...
, who later invested in his friend's hedge fund. Willard earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, where he played basketball as a walk-on.
He is a musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
who has played backup guitar for Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
, Lorrie Morgan and others, and is a songwriter and producer with the indie rock band The Muddy Souls.