Deirdre Bolton

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Deirdre Bolton
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Alma mater University of Iowa, New York University
Occupation(s) journalist, news anchor

Deirdre Bolton is a former American television anchor who is a current ABC News correspondent. [1] She previously was the host of Risk & Reward on Fox Business. Bolton lives in New York. [2]

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Biography

Deirdre Bolton graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in English and French literature in 1993. She graduated from Council Rock High School in Bucks County Pennsylvania in 1989. [2] [ failed verification ] Bolton holds a master's degree from New York University. [3] She is married to Lawrence Lease and has two children. [4]

Bolton formerly anchored Bloomberg Television's Money Moves, a show about alternative investments. She started at Bloomberg in 2009. [5] On January 31, 2014, she left Bloomberg for Fox Business News to host a new business show Risk & Reward. [6] [7] However, Bolton was absent from the show for nearly a year due to an injury she sustained in the summer of 2016 that required a long recovery period. [8]

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