Rick Santelli Wiki

Rick Santelli (full name: Rick John Santelli) is an American journalist who works as an editor for the Business News channel, CNBC focusing on foreign exchange, interest rates and the Federal Reserve. He joined the network on June 14, 1999, as an on-air editor and doing his reporting from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Rick Santelli Biography

Santelli began his career as a commodity trader and order filler with Drexel Burnham Lambert, when he the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade in 1979. He then rose the ranks to become the Vice President of Interest Rate Futures and Options.

In 1999, he got a full-time job at CNBC and has been working for the channel ever since. He regularly contributes to CNBC’s business show “Squawk on the Street” (M-F, 9AM-11AM ET). He provides live reports on the markets from his experience as a trader and financial executive.

He has previously worked for an institutional trading and hedge fund account for futures-related products as its vice president. On February 19, 2009, he made a statement that is credited for being a catalyst for the early formation of the Tea Party movement. This is a fiscally conservative political movement in the Republican Party. It calls for lowering of taxes and cuts in government spending to reduce the American national debt and federal budget deficit.

Rick Santelli Age

He was born on 6 July 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Rick Santelli Family

Santelli comes from a family of Italian descent as his four grandparents were immigrants from Italy. He was born in Chicago and at the age of six, he and his family moved to Lombard, Illinois.

He had his high school studies at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois and after graduating, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and in 1979, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in economics.

Rick Santelli Wife

Rick is married to Terri Santelli. It is not clear when the couple got married and they live in Wayne, Illinois since 2015. He has three daughters whose names are not known and the family lives together.

Santelli’s Chicago Tea Party remarks

Rick made some remarks on February 19, 2009 about the Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan that was announced on February 18. He directed his accusations to the government saying it was promoting bad behavior and raised the possibility of a “Chicago Tea Party”. He also made the suggestion that individuals knowingly obtained high-risk mortgages were “losers”. The Tea Party remark was credited by some as “igniting” the Tea Party movement as a national phenomenon.

Rick Santelli Height and Net Worth

Rick’s exact height is not known but he has an estimated net worth of ‎$6 million from an unconfirmed salary.