Maria Bartiromo is an American financial journalist, television personality, news anchor, and author.

Born in Brooklyn, she attended Fontbonne Hall Academy in Bay Ridge.

After high school, Bartiromo started her collegiate education at C. W. Post, before transferring to New York University.

Throughout her college years, she worked at the same betting parlor where her mother worked.

Bartiromo is a 1989 graduate of New York University Washington Square Campus, with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and economics.

She worked at CNN as a producer for five years before joining CNBC in 1993, where she worked on-air for 20 years.

With CNBC, she was the host of Closing Bell and On the Money with Maria Bartiromo. She was the first television journalist to deliver live reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

In 2013, she left CNBC to host shows for Fox Corporation channels. During the presidency of Donald Trump, she became an advocate for the Trump administration

Maria Bartiromo Parents: Meet Vincent Bartiromo, Josephine Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo is the daughter of Vincent Bartiromo and Josephine Bartiromo.

Maria’s father Vincent was the owner of the Rex Manor restaurant in Brooklyn and her mother Josephine served as the hostess seating guests and as a clerk at an off-track betting parlor.