Dagen McDowell

News anchor

Birthday January 7, 1969

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Brookneal, Virginia, US

Age 55 years old

Nationality United States

#26162 Most Popular

1969

Mary Dagen McDowell (born January 7, 1969) is an American anchor and co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business as well as a commentator and guest host on Fox News.

A native of Campbell County, Virginia, from a family of Irish background, McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in art history.

McDowell began her career as a financial journalist at the Institutional Investor's Newsletter Division.

2015

McDowell co-hosted Mornings with Maria on Fox Business from its inception in 2015 until 2023.

2016

She served as a panelist on Cavuto on Business, and became the host of Bulls and Bears in 2016 following predecessor Brenda Buttner's eventually fatal cancer diagnosis.

She participates regularly in Outnumbered, The Five, and Gutfeld!.

She also worked for TheStreet.

In December 2022 Fox Business named McDowell co-host of a new show called The Bottom Line alongside Sean Duffy.

The show debuted on January 23, 2023.

2019

She also appeared on Imus in the Morning prior to Imus' death in 2019, and was a weekly panelist for Cashin' In (she has won the Cashin' In Challenge three times, in 2013, 2014, and 2015, defeating the other three panelists, all of whom are professional money managers).

McDowell is regularly asked to provide her opinions about economics and politics on Fox News.