books, Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Review and newspapers nationwide and was previously also a Fox News and Forbes magazine contributor. He was president of Mallory Factor, Inc., an independent merchant bank and financial relations consultancy that he founded in 1976. Factor's first job after graduating was serving as a supervisor of management consulting services at Coopers & Lybrand. Civic service Factor was co-founder and host of The New York Meeting and the host of The Charleston Meeting, gatherings of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and authors in New York City and Charleston, South Carolina. He was co-founder and co-chair of The Monday Meeting (with James E. Higgins). He co-founded and was the chairman of the Free Enterprise Fund, a free market "do" tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was vice-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing. He has testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues. Factor chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and led the 2009 Economic Summit for the U.S. House Republican Conference and Policy Committee in Washington, D.C.<ref> References External links – Factor interview https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/mallory-factor https://intrabio.com/our-management/ 1950 births Living people Fox News people Wesleyan University alumni American financial businesspeople American public relations people American political consultants People from the Upper East Side Writers from Charleston, South Carolina The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina faculty Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut American political writers American male non-fiction writers