Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

SHORT BIO

Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.

Latest Stories (5,777)

AIG chief's new job: Selling assurance

Oct 22, 2008
The new CEO at AIG, Ed Liddy, not only has to turn the company around, he's got to deal with some really bad press. Kai Ryssdal talks with him about the challenges ahead in our latest installment of Conversations From the Corner Office.

A history of trust and confidence

Oct 17, 2008
To better understand the odds we face in the current crisis, Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal and historian Sean Wilentz present a short history of high and low points of trust in America's economy.

Mark Cuban and his bid to buy the Cubs

Oct 16, 2008
Mark Cuban, the brash billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is among the top bidders for the Chicago Cubs. Kai Ryssdal calls on ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski to ask: Who is this guy?

Former board member's take on the Fed

Oct 16, 2008
Have we made the turn from planning a bailout to managing the recession? What's next for interest rates? For answers to these and other questions, Kai Ryssdal turns to former Fed Board member Frederic Mishkin.

Morning reading...

Oct 15, 2008
Two quick articles from my reading this morning that I thought were interesting....

I thought this was great...

Oct 13, 2008
Six degrees of Henry Pauslon, from ProPublica, the new public interest journalism group.

Can he DO that?

Oct 8, 2008
Okay, I'm not exactly live-blogging the debate -- more like TiVo-blogging now that I've put the kids to bed -- but something Senator McCain just...