Maria Bartiromo's Career Highlights

Maria Bartiromo's career is a masterclass in breaking barriers and building influence in media.

Her defining moment came in 1995 when she became the first person to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. For 203 years, no journalist had been allowed to broadcast from the trading floor. Bartiromo changed that, and in doing so, she transformed financial television from a sleepy niche into compelling, must-watch programming.

At CNBC for twenty years (1993-2013), she became the network's biggest star. Her show 'Closing Bell' was appointment television for Wall Street, and her exclusive interviews with CEOs and world leaders consistently moved markets. During the 2008 financial crisis, her real-time coverage from the epicenter of the meltdown was some of the finest journalism of the decade.

Her move to Fox Business in 2014 was widely seen as a gamble, but Bartiromo proved the doubters wrong. 'Mornings with Maria' became the #1 morning business show, and 'Sunday Morning Futures' gave her a platform to cover the intersection of business and politics at the highest level.

Four books, multiple Emmys, and three decades later, Bartiromo remains the most powerful and connected journalist in business media.