Henry McKelvey Blodget was born on 1966 and is an American businessman, investor and journalist.
16 Facts About Henry Blodget
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Henry Blodget is notable for his former career as an equity research analyst who was senior Internet analyst for CIBC Oppenheimer and the head of the global Internet research team at Merrill Lynch during the dot-com era.
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Henry Blodget was born and raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the son of a commercial banker.
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Henry Blodget attended Phillips Exeter Academy and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University, where he was a member of The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus.
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Henry Blodget was a freelance journalist and a proofreader for Harper's Magazine.
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Two months later, Henry Blodget accepted a position at Merrill Lynch, and frequently appeared on CNBC and similar shows.
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In early 2000, days before the dot-com bubble burst, Henry Blodget personally invested $700,000 in tech stocks, only to lose most of it in the years that followed.
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Henry Blodget accepted a buyout offer from Merrill Lynch and left the firm in 2001.
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In 2003, Henry Blodget was charged with civil securities fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Henry Blodget was permanently barred from the securities industry and censured by the SEC, NASD, and NYSE.
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Henry Blodget was appointed CEO of Cherry Hill Research, a research and consulting firm, and contributed to Slate, Newsweek International, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes Online, Business 2.0, Euromoney, New York magazine, and The Financial Times.
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Henry Blodget rose to prominence again as co-founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Business Insider in 2007.
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Henry Blodget was a frequent contributor to the Seeking Alpha website at the same time.
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Henry Blodget continues to contribute articles to Slate, Newsweek, and New York magazine.
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Henry Blodget's articles focus on the return-limiting actions of individual investors, including listening to analysts and the financial media, and relying on active management such as mutual and hedge funds.
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In January 2007, Henry Blodget published The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer's Guide to Intelligent Investing in January 2007.