Dagen mcdowell – Employer – Fox News, Position- Anchor – Mary Dagen McDowell (born January 7, 1969) is an American anchor and co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business as well as a commentator and guest host on Fox News.
A native of Campbell County, Virginia, from a family of Irish background, McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in art history.
McDowell began her career as a financial journalist at the Institutional Investor’s Newsletter Division.
McDowell co-hosted Mornings with Maria on Fox Business from its inception in 2015 until 2023. She also appeared on Imus in the Morning prior to Imus’ death in 2019, and was a weekly panelist for Cashin’ In (she has won the Cashin’ In Challenge three times, in 2013, 2014, and 2015, defeating the other three panelists, all of whom are professional money managers). McDowell is regularly asked to provide her opinions about economics and politics on Fox News.
She served as a panelist on Cavuto on Business, and became the host of Bulls and Bears in 2016 following predecessor Brenda Buttner’s eventually fatal cancer diagnosis. She participates regularly in Outnumbered, The Five, and Gutfeld!. She also worked for TheStreet. In December 2022 Fox Business named McDowell co-host of a new show called The Bottom Line alongside Sean Duffy. The show debuted on January 23, 2023.
MaryDagen McDowell
Dagen McDowell joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 2003 and was a founding anchor of FOX Business Network (FBN) when the channel launched in 2007. She currently serves as co-host of FBN’s evening program, The Bottom Line (weekdays, 6-7 PM/ET) and co-host of The Big Money Show (weekdays, 12-2 PM/ET) alongside co-hosts Taylor Riggs, Jackie DeAngelis, and Brian Brenberg.
Throughout her tenure, McDowell has provided financial commentary and analysis on a number of FOX News Media programs, including FBN’s Mornings with Maria and FNC’s Outnumbered, The Five and Gutfeld! From 2011 to 2015, she provided news reports on the FBN simulcast of Imus in the Morning after previously serving as a business day anchor on the network. In 2009, she co-hosted Your Questions, Your Money, a weekend call-in show designed to answer viewers’ pressing questions about the economy. A skilled interviewer, she has also conducted several news-generating interviews, including with former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, financier Charles Schwab, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Lady Gaga’s father Joe Germanotta.
Prior to joining FOX News Media, McDowell wrote a personal finance column for TheStreet.com called “Dear Dagen.” She got her start as a financial journalist at the Institutional Investor and also worked for SmartMoney magazine.
A native of Virginia, McDowell is a graduate of Wake Forest University.
McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in Art History. Despite her artistic academic background, she found her calling in financial journalism and market analysis. She began her career writing for the Institutional Investor’s Newsletter Division, where she developed her expertise in financial markets and economic policy.
What is Dagen McDowell’s Net Worth?
Dagen McDowell is a prominent financial journalist and television personality who has a net worth of $5 million. That is a combined net worth with her husband, Jonas Max Ferris.
Dagen McDowell is best known for her work with Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. Born Mary Dagen McDowell in Campbell County, Virginia, she grew up in a working-class family and developed a strong work ethic early in life.