Asli Pelit

Asli Pelit is the Sports Deals Reporter at Sportico, where she covers private equity, business of global soccer, Formula 1 and technology. Prior to Sportico, she created short and long form visual stories for Voice of America in New York, USA Today and VICE on HBO. From 2006 to 2016, Pelit was based in South America where she created, produced and anchored Continent of 10s, a weekly documentary series focusing on soccer, business, politics and culture. She has covered three Copa Americas and three World Cups, with a specific focus on corruption and business. Pelit earned a B.A. in Journalism from New York University, M.A. in Latin American Studies from University Havana and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and her dog Vinicius.