Varney was born in Derby , Derbyshire , England. After secondary school, Varney spent a year working in Nairobi , Kenya , before graduating from the London School of Economics. He joined Fox News 's business team in January , and joined Fox Business Network as an anchor when the network launched in October The show is also co-hosted by Susan Li and Ashley Webster.
He is also a regular panel member on the Fox Business program Cashin' In. Varney has appeared on and guest-hosted "Your World with Neil Cavuto. I am being mean to poor people. Frankly I am. On the July 19, edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto , Varney criticized the view that America's poor are "starving and living in squalor," citing a Heritage Foundation report on how the ownership of household appliances demonstrates how well-off America's poor really are.
Many of them have things; what they lack is the richness of spirit. That's my opinion. In Varney generated controversy for his commentary on Pope Francis , who had criticized the wealth gap and denounced unfettered capitalism as a system which "rules rather than serves. Pope Francis has linked the two.
He has offered direct criticism of a specific political system. He has characterized, negatively, that system. I think he wants to influence my politics. In a December interview, Republican congressman Louie Gohmert repeated a false conspiracy theory about George Soros that he "turned on fellow Jews and helped take the property that they owned.
Varney later distanced himself from the remarks, calling them "unsubstantiated and false allegations". Varney has lived in the United States since In November , Varney became an American citizen.
