Maria Bartiromo

A media luminary and expert financial speaker with the solid credentials of a seasoned pro, Bartiromo has set the standard for business news programming, delivering indispensable, up-to-the-minute information from the New York Stock Exchange.

With the debut of CNBC's Market Week with Maria Bartiromo, Bartiromo is continued to set the standard for business news programming around the world. The show, co-produced by Bartiromo, broadcasts live from the floor of The New York Stock Exchange and is seen on CNBC, CNBC Asia and CNBC Europe. Bartiromo also serves as a daily anchor for the first hour of CNBC's Street Signs and second hour of Market Wrap.

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 five years live on WNBC and WPIX. Additionally, she writes monthly columns for Individual Investor and Ticker magazines. In 1996, Bartiromo was nominated for a Cable ACE 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 addition, Bartiromo covers breaking news from CNBC's New York Stock Exchange bureau during the network's pre-game financial show, Squawk Box. She was the first journalist to report live from the floor of The New York Stock Exchange on a daily basis. Bartiromo contributes to CNBC Asia's daily broadcasts, and her morning reports are presented live from the NYSE floor, beginning prior to the opening bell on Wall Street. When warranted by vigorous stock market activity, Bartiromo provides business news reports to NBC's The Today Show, CNBC sister network MSNBC, NBC flagship station WNBC, and other NBC affiliates nationwide.

Harper Collins published her first book, Use the News, which explains how to sift through the information explosion on Wall Street.

Bartiromo graduated from New York University, where she majored in journalism and minored in economics.