Elizabeth Kate Claman was born on December 12,1963 and is the anchor of the Fox Business show The Claman Countdown.
18 Facts About Liz Claman
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Liz Claman temporarily served on a rotation basis along with other anchors as a substitute for The News with Brian Williams before Williams left MSNBC for NBC News in 2004.
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Liz Claman is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
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Liz Claman was born to Canadian parents in Beverly Hills, California, and she is one of five children.
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Liz Claman's family is Jewish, her father originates from Russia, and her mother's family is from Romania.
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Liz Claman's late father, Dr Morris Claman, was a world-renowned urologist and associate clinical professor of urology at the UCLA School of Medicine.
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Liz Claman attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts where she was a disc jockey for the school radio station, WPAA, and then attended Beverly Hills High School where she was a friend of Peter Schiff.
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Liz Claman has been friends with fellow Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan since the second grade.
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Liz Claman has a Certificat Superieur de Francais from the Sorbonne.
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Later, Liz Claman served as a weekend anchor at WHDH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Liz Claman started at Fox Business Network on October 18,2007,3 days after the expiration of her non-compete contract clause with CNBC.
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Liz Claman has appeared on CBS's The Early Show and on ABC's Good Morning America and appeared twice on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with both Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah.
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Liz Claman's second oldest sister, Holly, is an arts and antiques appraiser.
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Liz Claman is a member of the board of directors of the American Theatre Wing, the creator of the Tony Awards.
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Liz Claman has raised more than $30 million for Building Homes For Heroes, a charity that builds custom homes for severely disabled soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Liz Claman has spoken from the stage of the United Nations' Assembly Hall and has moderated conferences at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Liz Claman has since completed 6 more triathlons and, from her triathlon competitions alone, has raised more than $500,000 for Building Homes For Heroes.
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In 2006 and 2007, Liz Claman participated in the Jerry Ford Celebrity Cup Ski Race in Vail, Colorado sponsored by the Vail Valley Foundation charity.