Eric Bolling Biography
Eric Bolling is a seasoned American television personality, author, political commentator, and financial commentator. He is well known for his numerous roles as a financial commentator for Fox News. In addition, he hosted Fox Business Channel’s Cashin’ In and Fox News Channel’s The Five before moving to co-host Fox News Specialists in May 2017.
In September 2017, Eric was expelled from Fox News after an independent investigation after an article published in the HuffPost reported that he had sent uncensored lew photographs and text messages to three female colleagues. He denied the allegations.
Later on, Bolling hosted the television show America on TheBlaze and currently hosts America This Week, a show produced by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The show is further carried by Sinclair Broadcast Group as their Sunday morning talk show.
Eric Bolling Education
Bolling went to grade school at Queen of All Saints Basilica School. He also studied at Loyola Academy. Furthermore, he joined Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He graduated in 1984 and graduated with a BA degree in economics.
While studying at Rollins College, he played baseball. In addition, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1984. However, after a few years in the minor leagues, his baseball career came to an end following a torn rotator cuff injury.
Eric Bolling Career
He started working as a commodities trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange. He specialized in trading natural gas, crude oil, gold, and other commodities.
Additionally, he worked for 5 years on the board of directors at the NYMEX (now CME Group) and became a strategic adviser to the exchange’s board of directors. He was also involved in developing CNBC’s Fast Money. In August 2007, he left CNBC and went to work at Fox Business Network as a financial analyst.
Eric works as a host of The Five on the Fox News Channel. Moreover, he appears as a guest host on many Fox News shows like The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity, Fox & Friends, and The Glenn Beck Show. On January 17, 2007, Bolling scored the Maybach Man of the Year Award at the Trader Monthly Awards. Additionally, he was included in Trader Monthly‘s Top 100 in 2005 and 2006.
Moreover, Eric published his first book titled ”Wake Up America” in 2016. In 2017, he published ”The Swamp: Washington’s Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It”.
Eric Bolling Age
How old is Eric Bolling? Bolling is 61 years old as of 2024. He was born Eric Thomas Bolling on March 2, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States of America. In addition, he celebrates his birthday on March 2nd every year.
Eric Bolling Height
Bolling stands at a height of 6’1″ (1.85m) and weighs 75 kg.
Eric Bolling Family | Siblings
Bolling‘s mother is Marie Hildegarde (Catino) and his father is John Gustav Bolling. His father is Swedish while his mother is Italian making him be of mixed ethnicity. However, there is little information about his siblings but one of his sisters died due to cancer.
Eric Bolling Wife | Children
Bolling got married to his wife, Adrienne, in 1997. In addition, they were blessed with one son, named Eric Chase Bolling. Unfortunately, Eric Chase died on September 8, 2017, at the age of 19. Chase’s cause of death was an accidental drug overdose, including opioids. Bolling believes that his son did not commit suicide. In interviews, he also stated that Chase had purchased a street Xanax that was laced with fentanyl.
Eric Bolling Net Worth
Bolling has an estimated net worth of between $20 million and $30 million. His income is mainly from his career as a television personality, author, conservative political commentator, and TV analyst of political and financial events.