Maria Bartiromo
Bartiromo moderating a session at the World Economic Forum.
Born	September 11, 1967 (1967-09-11) (age 42) Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	journalist, columnist, news anchor
Title	CNBC's Closing Bell co-anchor
Spouse(s)	Jonathan Steinberg (1999-)
Ethnicity	Italian
Official website

Maria Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is an American business news anchor and interviewer. Since 1993 she has worked for CNBC television, where she is currently co-host of the Closing Bell program from 3 to 5pm ET on weekdays, as well as host and managing editor for the nationally syndicated Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo program. She was the first reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Bartiromo is also a columnist and writer for several business and general interest magazines and the author of the book Use the News: How to Separate the Noise from the Investment Nuggets and Make Money in Any Economy. She has won awards including the Union League of Philadelphia's Lincoln Statue Award (2004) and the Coalition of Italian-American Associations' Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award (1997) and was nominated in 2002 for a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism for a series covering the widows of September 11.

Joey Ramone wrote a song about her called 'Maria Bartiromo' which featured on the solo album 'Don't Worry About Me' that he made just before he died. "He said to me Maria, I wrote a song about you and he said just come down to CBGBs in Manhattan, be there at midnight. I said, Joey, I'm sorry to tell you but I have to be on the air at 6am and I can't be anywhere at midnight except in my bed, so I didn't go." Instead, at Ramone's urging, she sent a camera crew. "Sure enough, the cameraman came back with the tape and there's him and his band with this song Maria Bartiromo and I just love it. It's a tremendous tribute. I just love that. It's great, just great."¹

Personal life

Bartiromo grew up in the Bay Ridge section of southern Brooklyn. As a teenager, she checked coats at her parents' Italian restaurant where her father was the chef. She graduated Fontbonne Hall Academy, an all girls high school in Bay Ridge, in 1985.

Bartiromo graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and a minor in economics.

On June 13, 1999, Bartiromo married Jonathan Steinberg, son of investor Saul Steinberg. Jonathan ("Jono") is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of WisdomTree Investments, a financial investment services company in Manhattan, most noted for their issuance of exchange-traded funds.²

Career

Maria Bartiromo advertisement in Times Square.

Before joining CNBC in 1993, Bartiromo was a producer and assignment editor with CNN Business News.^{citation needed}

Although Bartiromo was not the first person (she took over from analyst Roy Blumberg) to report regularly live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, she quickly became the most popular. With CNBC she hosted their Market Watch program from 10:00 to 12:00 ET, as well as being a regular contributor to Squawk Box for many years before leaving the morning program. Bartiromo was nicknamed the Money Honey during the boom years of the stock market in the late 1990s due to her striking looks. She was also nicknamed the "Econo Babe".³

Since the 1990s, the nickname "Money Honey" has spread to refer to attractive female financial news reporters in general. On January 16, 2007, Bartiromo filed to trademark the term for herself. The multiple trademark applications were for many children's products including piggy banks, cookie jars, mouse pads, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, comic books, notepads, children's paper place mats, coupon books, backpacks, and other play items such as toy banks and toy cash registers.⁴⁵⁶

Bartiromo has also made appearances on numerous non-financial television shows, including NBC Universal's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Caroline Rhea Show, McEnroe, and The Colbert Report, as well as guest-hosting on Live with Regis and Kelly.^{citation needed}

Bartiromo's first book was Use the News: How to Separate the Noise from the Investment Nuggets and Make Money in Any Economy.⁷

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As of 2009, Bartiromo anchors the Closing Bell show on CNBC from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET. Her current contract with CNBC expires March 2009.⁸

Host shows

• The Business of Innovation (2007–present)
• Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo (a CNBC show where she anchors and co-produces. She interviews prominent business people, entertainers, athletes, and politicians in this program.)
• Closing Bell (2002–present)
• Market Wrap (1998–2000)
• Business Center (1997–1999)

Maria Bartiromo at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maria Bartiromo

• Official website
• Maria Bartiromo at the Internet Movie Database
• The Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo - CNBC.com
• CNBC.com profile
• [1] - Lyrics to 'Maria Bartiromo' by Joey Ramone