Alvin Hall Biography
Alvin Hall is a successful author, television, and radio broadcaster, and regular contributor to periodicals, newspapers, and websites from the United States.
How old is Alvin Hall? – Age
He is 70 years old as of 27 June 2022. He was born in 1952 in Crawfordville, Florida, United States. His real name is Alvin Donald Hall.
Alvin Hall Family – Education
Hall was born as one of seven children to a farming, day laboring, and fishing family. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Midweek, he stated that his grandmother told him he was “everything she had.” He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Bowdoin College and a master’s degree in American literature from the University of North Carolina. He became interested in finance after a spell of unemployment and worked as a college lecturer (teaching literature).
Alvin Hall Partner
Hall is a gay man.
Alvin Hall Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Alvin Hall Book
You and Your Money: It’s More Than Just the Numbers, Your Money or Your Life (winner of the WHSmith 2003 People’s Choice Award), What Not to Spend, Getting Started in Mutual Funds 2nd Edition, and Getting Started in Stocks 3rd Edition are among Hall’s best-selling books. His children’s book, Show Me the Money, has been translated into over 20 languages. The book was chosen as Best Children’s Book of the Year (2009) in the United States by the Bank St. Book Committee, which is operated by the Bank Street College of Education. It was also named a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2009) by the National Book Council for Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council in a combined endeavor.
Alvin Hall Art collector
Carroll Dunham, Victoria Morton, Tina Barney, Lee Friedlander, Carrie Mae Weems, and Mel Kendrick are among the artists Hall collects.
Alvin Hall BBC
Hall has hosted various money-related radio shows for BBC Radio 4, which are frequently broadcast during the time when Radio 4’s personal finance show Money Box is off the air. Hall earned the Wincott Award for business journalism in 2006 for his documentary Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom, in which he interviewed and documented rap mogul Jay-Z.
Alvin Hall Finance
In 1990, Hall gave a brief presentation in London to British stockbrokers in preparation for the NASD tests in the United States. He presented Your Money or Your Life on BBC2 and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including Dave Gorman’s Important Astrology Experiment and The Apprentice: You’re Fired.
He also edits a money column for Reveal magazine in the United Kingdom. Money Magic was developed for the humanitarian organization Quick Reads, which encourages people to read again. He took part in Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Dream School initiative. Hall taught the students maths on the show.
Alvin Hall Podcast
Hall appears on a number of radio shows, including regular appearances on NPR’s “Tell Me More with Michel Martin” and WNYC’s “The Takeaway.”
Alvin Hall Career
For five years on the BBC, he hosted the highly acclaimed and award-winning series Your Money or Your Life, in which he provided people with both practical financial and psychological counseling on how to take charge of and solve their financial difficulties. Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom, his radio show, won the Wincott Foundation Press and Broadcasting Award for best radio program in 2006. For BBC Radio 4, Hall has also broadcast series on current affairs and contemporary art, including After Katrina and, most recently, Alvin Hall’s Generations of Money. In 2010, Alvin’s Guide to Good Business, an eight-part television series for BBC World News, aired internationally. In the United States, he is a regular contributor to NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin on personal finance and the economy.
Hall resides in New York City, where he designs and conducts investment market classes for financial services firms, banks, regulatory bodies, and information and technology providers. His outstanding classroom programs and speaking engagements have provided thousands of people with a sound foundation in areas such as financial market operations, investment products, successful investing methods, debt reduction, retirement planning, and personal financial management. Alvin Hall is on the NYSE Euronext Financial Literacy Advisory Committee, which helps to design programs to promote general public knowledge of all elements of personal finance. He also serves on the Harlem Studio Museum’s Acquisitions Committee.