Dylan Ratigan

Veteran journalist and television host Dylan Ratigan anchors weekdays, 9-11 a.m. ET on MSNBC, beginning June 29.

Ratigan was most recently anchor and co-creator of CNBC's "Fast Money,"

co-anchor of CNBC's "Closing Bell," and has also been a regular contributor to MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Prior to joining CNBC, Ratigan served as a Global Managing Editor at Bloomberg News until March 2003. He joined Bloomberg News in 1995 and was a driving force in building the organization, expanding half a dozen new print beats, including IPOs, derivatives and mergers and acquisitions and then helping to expand their television network by creating and hosting their first successful two-hour morning show. Ratigan spent his last two years there off-camera implementing and supervising Bloomberg's network of banking and finance coverage worldwide with more than 100 reporters in more than 50 countries.

Ratigan previously worked as a regular on-air contributor to ABC News and has published articles in newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald and the Chicago Tribune. He began his career at The Portsmouth Herald in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Ratigan holds a Bachelor of Arts in political economics from Union College.