Dylan Ratigan

Dylan Ratigan is a journalist and author on a quest to find the stories, methods and tools of the world’s problem-solvers.

Ratigan is a New York Times best-selling author, sustainability entrepreneur and the former host of MSNBC’s highest-rated, non-prime time show, "The Dylan Ratigan Show." In 2013 he co-founded of the Veteran Job Corps with Major General Melvin Spiese, retired Deputy Commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Veteran Job Corps or ”VJC” is a training portal and investment group founded by Ratigan and Spiese in March of 2013 to create good American jobs for returning veterans and resolve core community challenges such as food, energy, health, learning and infrastructure.

Prior to his 3 years at MSNBC, Dylan spent six years at CNBC, where he created "Fast Money," co-hosted The Closing Bell, and was outspoken about the financial crisis leading up to his resignation in 2009.

Before joining NBC in 2003, Dylan spent nine years at Bloomberg LP, serving as Global Managing Editor for Corporate Finance. Ratigan established the global group for the first time in Bloomberg’s history, in the process consolidating and supervising more than 120 reporters in more than 30 countries over 10 time zones.

"Greedy Bastards" was released in January 2012, spending five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The book connects misaligned personal interests with misaligned systems, arguing that a critique of broken systems must also deliver a healing of our own relationships to create a foundation for natural, sustainable reforms.