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Gary Kaminsky  

Host, Wall Street Week; Contributor to Fox Business Network & Fox News Channel; Former Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Gary Kaminsky joined FOX Business Network (FBN) and Fox News Channel (FNC) as a contributor in March 2016. He is also the co-host of Wall Street Week, which airs on Fridays at 8PM/ET.

Kaminsky is a Former Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley. He joined the company in 2013.

Prior to FBN, Kaminsky was the host of CNBC’s Strategy Session as well as the capital markets editor and a regular contributor to Squawk Box and Squawk on the Street. He was also one of the original guest hosts of Squawk Box, where he provided essential market insight for more than two decades. In addition, he held managing director positions at both Neuberger Berman and Cowen & Co. A graduate of the Newhouse Communications School at Syracuse, he earned an M.B.A. in finance from The Stern School of Business at New York University in 1990.

During the last two decades, Kaminsky, the former Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, has been one of the Street’s most successful money managers. From 1990 to 1992, he was an analyst at J.R.O. Associates, a New York hedge fund. In 1992 he joined Cowen & Company as a Portfolio Manager in the Private Banking Department and became a Partner in 1996.  Assets co-advised by Kaminsky rose from $200 million to $1.3 billion between 1992 and 1999. Cowen & Company was sold to Societe Generale in July 1998.  In May of 1999, Kaminsky and his team joined Neuberger Berman LLC.  Under his management, 'Team Kaminsky' grew from approximately $2 billion under management into $13 billion at the time of his retirement in June 2008.

Kaminsky is a frequent commentator on CNBC where he was an original guest host on CNBC’s signature morning program, “Squawk Box.”

Kaminsky is a 1986 graduate of the Newhouse Communications School at Syracuse University, where he received a B.S. in Radio/TV/Film Management. He later completed an MBA in Finance from The Stern School of Business/ New York University in 1990.

Kaminsky resides in Roslyn, New York with his wife Lori and their three sons. He is an active runner, having finished 5 New York Marathons. In the last year, he has completed 3 triathlon sprints and successfully climbed to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.

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