Krystal Ball

Krystal Ball: Biography in Details

Who is Krystal Ball?

Krystal Ball is an American political pundit, journalist, and former Democratic congressional candidate. She is also a former certified public accountant.

Recently in 2017, she also launched a book Reversing the Apocalypse: Hijacking the Democratic Party to Save the World. Furthermore, she also hosted MSNBC’s afternoon news/talk show The Cycle from 2012 to 2015.

Krystal Ball: Rumors and Controversy

Back in 2010, she was dragged into a huge controversy in the final stages of her Congressional campaign. At that time, her photos came public in which she was in Santa’s dress sucking a red dildo.

It affected her campaign as well. Besides this, there are not any drastic rumors regarding her personal and professional life.

Krystal Ball: Early Life, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Krystal was born on November 24, 1981, in King George County, Virginia, United States. She is the daughter of a physicist father Edward and a teacher Rose Marie Ball.

Talking about her nationality, she is American and her ethnicity is unknown.

Concerning her education, Krystal attended King George High School. Later, she completed her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia.

Krystal Ball: Career, Net Worth, Awards

Krystal Ball began her career as a certified public accountant. Previously, she worked for the federal contractor CGI Group.

Back in 2012, she also launched a website calling for a boycott of advertisers on the Rush Limbaugh Show following Limbaugh’s comments about Sandra Fluke.

In 2010, the American businesswoman also competed to represent Virginia’s 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Although, she lost to Republican incumbent Rob Wittman.

Additionally, Krystal has been featured on various news channels as a political commentator and Democratic strategist.

So far, she has appeared on Fox News Channel, CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC. Moreover, she is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

During her time at MSNBC, she was one of four co-hosts on the show named The Cycle along with Steve Kornacki and Toure. Recently in 2017, she has also launched a book Reversing the Apocalypse: Hijacking the Democratic Party to Save the World. Currently, she is a successful businesswoman.

Being a former television host and businesswoman, she earns a healthy amount of money from her profession.

Besides, she also wrote a book titled The Populist’s Guide to 2020.

Ball announced her departure from Rising in May 2021 to work on her own independent show, Breaking Points, with Enjeti.

Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski debuted a new podcast called Krystal Kyle & Friends on January 1, 2021. Noam Chomsky, Nina Turner, Glenn Greenwald, Russell Brand, Marianne Williamson, Rose McGowan, Andrew Yang, and Richard D. Wolff have all appeared on the podcast.

Ball made the decision to leave Rising in May 2021 so that she and Enjeti could launch their own independent program, Breaking Points.

However, her salary is unknown. As of 2024, she has an estimated net worth of $44 million.

So far, she has not won any awards in her career to date. Although, she has been doing her job in the best possible way and her works have been loved by many people around the world.

Is Krystal Ball active on social media?

Krystal is pretty active on social media such as Facebook and Twitter, However, she doesn’t use an Instagram account.

Currently, she has more than 158k followers on Twitter and 43k followers on Facebook.

What are the body measurements of Krystal Ball?

Moving towards her body measurements, Krystal Ball has a beautiful pair of light brown eyes and brown hair.

Moreover, there is no information regarding her height, weight, and other body measurements.

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