Who is David Asman? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with Marta Cecilia, Robert Asman and Nancy Johnson Asman, Felipe, Kristiana and the early life and education of the current anchor for many Fox News Specials as well as a substitute for several Fox Business Network.
David Asman is an American journalist, reporter and television news anchor.
In addition to co-hosting the weekly afternoon program “After the Bell” on Fox Business, he is the host of a brief weekend program on Fox called Forbes on FOX.
He is currently an anchor for many Fox News Specials as well as a substitute for several Fox Business Network shows.
Before joining the Fox News Channel’s documentary unit, he hosted the weekday show Bulls & Bears, Forbes on Fox and Fox News Live.
Net Worth
It is estimated that David Asman is worth $3 million.
He earns a respectable salary of about $70,000 as an employee of Fox News.
Early Life and Education
David Asman was born on February 15, 1954, in Hollis, Queens, NY to Robert Asman and Nancy Johnson Asman.
He is Scottish in origin and was raised in Washington, D.C.
In the 1970s, David Asman taught math in junior high school in Chicago. However, short-order cooking was his first job.
He attended Marlboro College for his high school. After that, he earned a journalism bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.
Asman got married to Marta Cecilia, a Latina who was born in Nicaragua on February 15, 1989. Felipe, Asman’s stepson, fought in the Iraq War. Their daughter Kristiana was born on July 18, 1992.
Career and Professional Work Experience
David Asman joined Prospect in 1978 as an assistant editor. He was promoted to executive editor of the magazine the following year.
George Gilder then recruited him in 1980 to launch an economics journal at the Manhattan Institute. Editing the “Americas” and “Manager’s Journal” columns, he started working for the newspaper as an editorial writer in 1983.
After twelve years of covering Latin America, he moved on to editorial features editor of the Wall Street Journal in 1995.
Asman took on administrative duties in addition to his editorial page duties when he was promoted to senior editor of the Journal.
In 1997, a year after Fox News debuted, he departed The Wall Street Journal to work there.
Sarah, the Duchess of York, Congressman Ron Paul, Rupert Murdoch, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, Steve Forbes, William F. Buckley, Jr., John R. Bolton, Otto Reich, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Pat Robertson, and numerous other politicians, newsmakers, and business titans have all been interviewed by him.
Asman is still writing for The Wall Street Journal and other publications. He recently wrote about his experiences using British Health Care following his wife’s stroke and about his stepson.
Asman previously hosted Bulls & Bears, an FBN post-market program that aired weekdays from 5 to 6 PM/ET. He was also involved in the 2007 FOX Business Network (FBN) launch.
Furthermore, from 2008 until the present, Asman co-anchored FBN’s After the Bell, which airs weekdays from 4-5 PM/ET.
From 1997 to 2005, Asman hosted Fox News Live during the week.
He was appointed head of FNC’s documentary unit in 2005, and while there he hosted several investigative specials, including U.N. Blood Money and Global Warming: The Debate Continues.
From 2007 to 2011, he served as the anchor of “America’s Nightly Scoreboard.” In 2011, he moved on to anchor his show, “Power and Money” which ended in 2012.
Asman has also worked as a consultant for the Ford Foundation on African organizations in the United States and as a radio commentator for Perspective on the Economy.
Additionally, he was the host of the public affairs program Issues USA on television every night.
Achievements and Awards
David Asman wrote more than 100 articles about Latin America during the turbulent 1980s and was recognized by the Inter-American Press Association with several awards for his work on Mexico and Cuba as well as for editing a weekly column about the region.
The Wall Street Journal on Management: Adding Value through Synergy was edited by Asman, who was also honoured with the 1986 Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Tom Wallace Award for his coverage of Latin America.
For his articles on free trade and the economies of Cuba and Mexico, he also won the IAPA’s Daily Gleaner Award in 1992 and 1995 respectively.
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