Donald “Donny” Deutsch is an American television personality and advertising executive. He is also the former host of 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...

 talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch was a talk show on CNBC hosted by Donny Deutsch. The show offered success stories that outlined a "roadmap to the American Dream." Every weeknight at 10pm, Donny Deutsch, the CEO of advertising and media business Deutsch Inc., introduced the audience to successful...

. The television audience first became familiar with him on February 11, 2005 when he appeared on NBC's The Apprentice with Donald Trump.

Early life

Deutsch was born in Hollis Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens to a Jewish family. He attended P.S. 188, Martin Van Buren High School, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...

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Career

Deutsch is the chairman of Deutsch, Inc., an advertising agency company founded by his father, which he sold to Interpublic Group of Companies

Interpublic Group of Companies

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...

 (IPG) in 2000 for $265 million.

In 2005 Deutsch published a business motivation book, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, written with co-author Peter Knobler

Peter Knobler

Peter Knobler is an American writer living in New York City. He has collaborated on several national best sellers and was the editor-in-chief of Crawdaddy magazine from 1972 to 1979.- Writing :...

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Deutsch was the host of 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...

's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch was a talk show on CNBC hosted by Donny Deutsch. The show offered success stories that outlined a "roadmap to the American Dream." Every weeknight at 10pm, Donny Deutsch, the CEO of advertising and media business Deutsch Inc., introduced the audience to successful...

which ended its run in December of 2008.

Personal life

In 2000, he married Stacy Josloff, whom he later divorced. Deutsch's former girlfriend, Amanda Zacharia, gave birth to their daughter, Daisy, in 2007.

Deutsch purchased a five-story property in New York City for $21 million and reportedly spent another $20 million on renovations in 2006. Deutsch also purchased a $29 million home on Long Island.

External links

• Donny Deutsch Official Website
• Donny Deutsch Profile
• The Big Idea (a redirect to the CNBC blog 15838512)
• Donny Deutsch profile at CNBC Anchors & Reporters