Paul Kangas is the Miami-based Anchor and Financial Commentator for public television's Nightly Business Report and television's leading provider of daily stock market information. A former stockbroker with more than 12 years experience, Kangas joined Nightly Business Report when it began as a local program on Miami's public television station, WPBT2, in 1979.
In addition to delivering the daily market summaries, Kangas conducts each Friday the "Market Monitor" interview with noted market observers. He is known for his fast-paced delivery, sharp wit and encyclopedic knowledge of the financial markets.
In 2003, Kangas' signature segment, "Stocks in the News," won a Financial Writers and Editors Award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University as "best broadcast feature or series useful to investors."
The media has noticed and praised Kangas for his expertise. The Detroit Free Press has dubbed him "the Walter Cronkite of business broadcasting" and the Village Voice has noted that Kangas is "not content to merely rattle off stocks and prices."
An avid golfer and ham radio enthusiast, Kangas and his wife, Peni, live in Miami.