Short questions with Dana Perino for Brian Brenberg

You’ve seen us on screen, but have you ever thought about what we look like off camera?

Over the past few months, I’ve been having fun checking in with your favorite Fox personalities to find out who they are behind the scenes.

What Jesse Watters can’t live without? What is Bill Hemmer’s favorite Halloween costume? And what’s on Greg Gutfeld’s nightstand? ?

But that’s not all! The fun is just beginning.

This week, we’re excited to spotlight the following Brian Bremberg, He currently co-hosts “The Big Money Show” (weekdays at 1pm ET) with Jackie DeAngelis and Taylor Riggs.

He joined FOX Business in 2020 as a contributor, providing financial commentary and analysis across the network’s platforms. During his tenure, he has appeared on numerous programs including FBN’s “Mornings with Maria” and “FOX Business Tonight” and FOX News Channel’s “Outnumbered.”

PS We have many other options available. Stay tuned every week for a new edition of “Dana Perino’s Short Questions.” If you have any questions you’d like answered or suggestions for who we should interview next, please leave a note in the comments section below.

Q: Before becoming a co-sponsor “Big Money Show” Tell us about your career at Fox Business.

BB: My first job was at a video store, where I learned that “be kind, rewind” is a phrase to live by.

In college, I stocked up on car tires and engine oil at Walmart and drove a forklift at a lumber yard. In the end, I found path to financeAnd somehow that ended up being a university professor for 14 years.

To be clear, I am not a professor of forklift driving. I was very bad at it.

Q: How did you make your first dollar?

BB: Selling baseball cards at a roadside card table with Pete Hegseth. ask him.

Q: What was your favorite board or card game when you were a kid? Did you like Monopoly or were you always drawn to finance?

BB: I hated Monopoly.

My father was making us play to bankrupt us one by one. Now that I have kids, I love Monopoly.

“Self-awareness is a professional superpower, and lacking it is kryptonite.”

Q: What questions do you think every manager should ask in a job interview?

BB: “If I were talking to you former colleague, what would they say is your biggest weakness? ”

Self-awareness is a professional superpower. And that absence is kryptonite.

Q: If Elon Musk informed you tomorrow that there were seats available on the next SpaceX flight, would you go?

BB: I don’t like it. But we would love to know who contacted us. Because I’m sure I don’t have any friends with that kind of connection.

Q: What advice would you give to people who are new to investing and want to start building assets?

BB: Learn how to budget and plan your savings.

you can’t invest What you don’t put aside. Get into the habit of depositing money in the bank.

Then I take some of it and put it on a CD. Then put some of that into a retirement savings vehicle.

“You can’t invest what you haven’t saved up. Get into the habit of depositing money in the bank.”

If you can clear all that, you won’t need my advice anymore.

Q: If you were a contestant on a cooking show, what dish would you make to impress the judges?

BB: Make “bad day soup”. This is a standard product of the Bremberg family.

Featured in the Cooking with Friends cookbook by Carly Shimkus.

It’s not impressive, but it’s very red. And, strictly speaking, food.

Q: What is your favorite app on your phone? Bonus points if you haven’t already downloaded it to your phone!

BB: Griffon. This is an app that controls your home’s Wi-Fi. You can turn off the internet so everyone steps away from the screen. I handle it freely and happily.

Q: When should I start teaching my children about financial responsibility?

BB: first time you stop at McDonald’s And I complain when my friend’s parents buy me sushi. Finance is the path from McDonald’s to sushi.

Q: What was the last book you read?

BB: “Truman” by David McCullough. There are about 1,000 pages, but you won’t regret reading any of them.

“If you surround yourself with people who have healthy love, you’re more likely to make wise decisions.”

Q: How do you balance investing and saving for the future with enjoying the present?

BB: I’ll start by asking my wife for her opinion. If she thinks it’s worth buying now, it usually is. Because her heart is in tune with what makes our family thrive.

If you surround yourself with people who have healthy love, you’re more likely to make wise decisions.

Q: What is the best advice you would give your younger self?

BB: The more you trust in God’s grace rather than your own efforts, the more you will be free to pursue more than you ever imagined.

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To read all of Dana Perino’s previous “Short Questions” interviews on Fox News Digital, check out this (long) list.

For her interview, Jackie DeAngelis, click here.

For her interview, Claudia Cowan, click here.

For her interview, Max Gauden, click here.

For her interview, Jared Cohen, click here.

For her interview, William La Jeunesse, click here.

For her interview, Matt Finn, click here.

For her interview, Rich Edson, click here.

For her interview, Governor Chris Sununu, click here.

For her interview, Ross Raeburn, click here.

For her interview, Mark Meredith, click here.

For her interview, Emily Compagno, click here.

For her interview, Chad Pergram, click here.

For her interview, Mike Emanuel, click here.

For her interview, Gillian Turner, click here.

For her interview, Madison Alworth, click here.

For her interview, Nate Foy, click here.

For her interview, Laura Ingraham, click here.

For her interview, Five New York FOX reporters, click here.

For her interview, Katie Pavlich, click here.

For her interview, Guy Benson, click here.

For her interview, Pete Hegseth, click here.

For her interview, Sandra Smith, click here.

For her interview, Nicholas Janicelli, click here.

For her interview, Abby Hornacek, click here.

For her interview, Elise Bitter, click here.

For her interview, Brian Kilmeade, click here.

For her interview, Kennedy, click here.

For her interview, John Roberts, click here.

For her interview, Janice Dean, click here.

For her interview, Charles Payne, click here.

For her interview, Trey Gordy, click here.

For her interview, Johnny “Joey” Jones, click here.

For her interview, Bill Melzin, click here.

For her interview, Jimmy Failla, click here.

For her interview, Tyrus, click here.

For her interview, Ainsley Earhart, click here.

For her interview, Lawrence Jones, click here.

For her interview, Dr. Arash Akhavan, click here.

For her interview, Martha McCallum, click here.

For her interview, Bret Beyer, click here.

For her interview, Kayley McEnany, click here.

For her interview, Harold Ford Jr., click here.

For her interview, Shannon Bream, click here.

For her interview, Jessica Tarloff, click here.

For her interview, Leo Terrell, click here.

For her interview, Geraldo Rivera, click here.

For her interview, Clay Travis, click here

For her interview, Bill Hemmer, click here.

For her interview, Greg Gutfeld, click here.

For her interview, Benjamin Hall, click here.

For her interview, Judge Jeanine Pirro, click here.

For her interview, Jesse Watters, click here.

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