Maria Bartiromo
Date of Birth : 11 September 1967, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nickname : Econo Babe Money Honey
In 1995, became first journalist -- man or woman -- to report live on TV daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
As a teenager, she checked coats at her parents' Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. Her father was the chef.
Has a brother and a sister.
When she and her siblings were young, their mother invested in Christmas clubs.
Does not like to use credit cards.
Joined CNBC in August, 1993.
Got her first TV job in 1987, as an intern with CNN.
After graduation from Fontbonne Hall Academy, a local Catholic girls' school, she went to Long Island University before transferring to New York University.