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Born June 27, 1952 (age 72) ( 1952-06-27 ) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. Occupation Financial adviser, journalist, broadcaster TV shows Your Money Or Your Life, Summer Exhibition, Dave Gorman's Important Astrological Experiment Nominations NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional Books Getting started in stocks, Your Money or Your Life, Get Out of Debt with Alvin Hall, Getting Started in Mutual Fu, Winning with Shares | ||
Alvin hall gives advice on how to survive university
Alvin D. Hall (born June 27, 1952) is an American financial adviser, author and media personality.
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- Alvin hall gives advice on how to survive university
- Alvin hall gives the nation advice on how to save during the
- Early life
- Financial adviser
- Art collector
- BBC Radio
- Tribute to Alistair Cooke
- References
Alvin hall gives the nation advice on how to save during the
Early life
Alvin D. Hall was born on June 27, 1952, in Crawfordville, Florida, one of seven children to a family of farmers, day workers and fishermen. Interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 programme Midweek he said that his grandmother had told him he was "everything she had", something that helped him get through difficult financial decisions; she was also a great saver and gave him 50 dollars when he was heading to Yale university. He grew up in severe poverty.
He studied for a Bachelor of Arts in English at Bowdoin College and a Master of Arts in American literature at the University of North Carolina. After a period of unemployment and working as a college professor (teaching literature), he started to take an interest in finance.
In 2016, February 27th was adopted as Alvin Hall Day to celebrate Alvin's success and his imprint on his hometown.
Financial adviser
Hall started buying shares a few at a time and his ability to translate complex financial concepts into simple English through the use of slices of cake led to him becoming director of course development at Leo Fleur, a company selling training materials for Wall Street examinations. In 1986 he became director of marketing for the Chicago-based Longman Financial Services Institute in creating and implementing marketing campaigns for training programmes and products and consequently was executive director of the New York Institute of Finance.
He is the president of Cooperhall Press and designs and runs seminars for financial institutions around the world.
In 1990, Hall briefly lectured British stockbrokers in London in preparation for the NASD exams in the United States.
Hall has written books and articles on saving and investing and debt management. He presented Your Money or Your Life on BBC2 and has made various television and radio appearances. He has also appeared on The Apprentice: You're Fired as a panelist on several occasions.
He also edits a money column in the UK's Reveal magazine. He has written Money Magic for the charitable organisation Quick Reads which encourages people to get back into the habit of reading.
He was involved in Jamie Oliver's programme, Jamie's Dream School. On the programme, Hall taught the pupils mathematics.
Art collector
Hall is an art collector and his collection includes pieces by Carroll Dunham, Victoria Morton, Tina Barney, Lee Friedlander, Carrie Mae Weems and Mel Kendrick.
BBC Radio
Hall has presented several finance-related radio programmes for BBC Radio 4, which often broadcast in the period when Radio 4's personal finance programme Money Box is off-air.
Hall won the Wincott Award for business journalism for his 2006 documentary Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom in which he interviewed and profiled the entrepreneurial rap star Jay-Z.
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