Maria Bartiromo is host and co-producer of CNBC's Special Report With Maria Bartiromo (Mondays, 7-8 p.m. ET). The program can be seen on CNBC, CNBC Asia Pacific and CNBC Europe. Bartiromo also serves as anchor of Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo (M-F, 3-4 p.m. ET) and co-anchor of Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and Tyler Mathisen (M-F, 4-5 p.m. ET).
In 1995, Bartiromo became the first journalist to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on a daily basis where she continues to cover breaking news for the network's unscripted and fast-paced business morning program, Squawk Box (M-F, 7-10 a.m. ET). In addition, she regularly contributes to NBC's Today In L.A., Today in Chicago and CNBC Asia's daily broadcasts, and, when warranted by vigorous stock market activity, to NBC's Today show, CNBC sister-network MSNBC, NBC flagship station WNBC and other NBC affiliates nationwide.
Bartiromo joined CNBC in 1993 after five years as a producer and assignment editor with CNN Business News. She has anchored the Columbus Day Parade for the past 9 years live on WNBC and WPIX. In 1996, Bartiromo was nominated for a CableACE Award for her three-part series on the Internet and its implications for investors. In 1997, she received the Coalition of Italo-American Associations' Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award. In 2002, Bartiromo was nominated for a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism for her piece on the widows of September 11.
Bartiromo wrote monthly columns for Individual Investor and Ticker magazines for nine years and she has been published in Newsweek, Town and Country, Registered Rep and The New York Post. HarperCollins published her book Use the News: How to Separate the Noise from the Investment Nuggets and Make Money in Any Economy in June 2001. The book was on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
Bartiromo graduated from New York University, where she majored in journalism and minored in economics. |