In 1989, his father handed full control of the agency to Donny (the firm changed its name to Deutsch Inc.).
He hosted the MSNBC talk show Saturday Night Politics with Donny Deutsch (2019).
He previously hosted the CNBC talk show The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (2004–2008).
[2] Deutsch was born in Hollis Hills, a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City.
[4][5][11] Deutsch was also an anchor on MSNBC in 2010, but was removed from the position as a result of a segment where he seemed to criticize his co-worker Keith Olbermann.
[16] In 2016, Deutsch was co-hosting Bloomberg Television's With All Due Respect with Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.
[22] Responding to the cancellation of the show on Twitter, Deutsch said, "I'm beyond grateful for all of your help in making it @MSNBC ’s highest rated Saturday night program EVER!
"[24] In 2014, Deutsch was ordered to pay a real estate broker a four percent commission for the 2010 sale of his $30 million home in the Hamptons area of New York.
He was ordered by the New York Supreme Court to pay $1.2 million to Sotheby's for his breach of contract with broker Edward Petrie.
[25] On August 14, 2020, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Deutsch said that one in three Americans are racist for trusting President Trump.
[30] On February 25, 2013, on Piers Morgan Tonight, Deutsch declared that he is a member of the Democratic Party;[31] he has also described himself as a feminist.