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{{Infobox person
| name=Steven Connor Cortes
(Business executive and conservative journalist)
| image=Steven Cortes of IL.jpg
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=January 5, 1972
| birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[George Washington University]]
| spouse=Married with four children
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Steven Connor Cortes''' (born January 5, 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/steven-cortes/e139275441078|title=Steven Cortes|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref> is a business executive and [[conservative]] [[television]] broadcaster in his native [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. From 2020 to 2021, he co-hosted with Jenn Pellegrino the program known as ''Cortes and Pellegrino,'' a nightly news program on [[Newsmax]]. However, in November 2021, Cortes was removed from the television show because of his vocal opposition to company policy requiring vaccine mandates, which are at odds with Newsmax chief executive officer [[Christopher Ruddy]]. The program had low ratings too, perhaps because it was cast opposite [[Sean Hannity]] on [[Fox News]] at the 9 p.m. Eastern time slot. Usually the program had firebrand [[Michael Savage]] of [[San Francisco]] as a guest on a near weekly basis. Cortes is also a former campaign spokesman for former [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/trump-campaign-advisor-steve-cortes-leaving-newsmax-1234881057/|title=Former Trump Campaign Advisor Steve Cortes Is Leaving Newsmax|publisher=deadline.com|accessdate]November 30, 2021}}</ref>Before the assignment on Newsmax, he was a commentator for [[CNBC]] and Fox News.<ref name=scortes>{{cite web|url=https://www.marathi.tv/political-analyst/steve-cortes/|title=Steve Cortes|publisher=marathi.tv|accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref>
Cortes is of [[Colombia]]n descent. His father left [[Colombia]] to attend graduate school at the private Indiana Institute of Technology, in Fort Wayne, [[Indiana]]. He was reared on the South Side of Chicago. In 1994, Cortes graduated from [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], at which he played [[football]] and was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship. After college, he sold government bonds through Prudent Financial, Inc. Then he established his own company, VeraCruz, LLC , which offers [[real estate]] market research. In 2001, he published a book on investments entitled, "Against the Herd: 6 Contrarian Investment Strategies You Should Follow.''<ref name=scortes/>
Cortes is married and the father of four children.<ref name=scourtes/>
==References==
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| name=Steven Connor Cortes
(Business executive and conservative journalist)
| image=Steven Cortes of IL.jpg
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=January 5, 1972
| birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[George Washington University]]
| spouse=Married with four children
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Steven Connor Cortes''' (born January 5, 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/steven-cortes/e139275441078|title=Steven Cortes|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref> is a business executive and [[conservative]] [[television]] broadcaster in his native [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. From 2020 to 2021, he co-hosted with Jenn Pellegrino the program known as ''Cortes and Pellegrino,'' a nightly news program on [[Newsmax]]. However, in November 2021, Cortes was removed from the television show because of his vocal opposition to company policy requiring vaccine mandates, which are at odds with Newsmax chief executive officer [[Christopher Ruddy]]. The program had low ratings too, perhaps because it was cast opposite [[Sean Hannity]] on [[Fox News]] at the 9 p.m. Eastern time slot. Usually the program had firebrand [[Michael Savage]] of [[San Francisco]] as a guest on a near weekly basis. Cortes is also a former campaign spokesman for former [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/trump-campaign-advisor-steve-cortes-leaving-newsmax-1234881057/|title=Former Trump Campaign Advisor Steve Cortes Is Leaving Newsmax|publisher=deadline.com|accessdate]November 30, 2021}}</ref>Before the assignment on Newsmax, he was a commentator for [[CNBC]] and Fox News.<ref name=scortes>{{cite web|url=https://www.marathi.tv/political-analyst/steve-cortes/|title=Steve Cortes|publisher=marathi.tv|accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref>
Cortes is of [[Colombia]]n descent. His father left [[Colombia]] to attend graduate school at the private Indiana Institute of Technology, in Fort Wayne, [[Indiana]]. He was reared on the South Side of Chicago. In 1994, Cortes graduated from [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], at which he played [[football]] and was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship. After college, he sold government bonds through Prudent Financial, Inc. Then he established his own company, VeraCruz, LLC , which offers [[real estate]] market research. In 2001, he published a book on investments entitled, "Against the Herd: 6 Contrarian Investment Strategies You Should Follow.''<ref name=scortes/>
Cortes is married and the father of four children.<ref name=scourtes/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortes, Steve}}
[[Category:Chicago]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:Hispanics]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Television]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]