Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo
Bartiromo in 2015
Born
Maria Sara Bartiromo

(1967-09-11) September 11, 1967 (age 57)
New York City, U.S.
EducationLong Island University, Post
New York University (BA)
Occupations
Years active1988–present
EmployerFox Corporation
Spouse
Jonathan Steinberg
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(m. 1999)​
RelativesSaul Steinberg (father-in-law)
Websitebartiromo.com

Maria Sara Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is an American conservative journalist and author who has also worked as a financial reporter and news anchor.[1] She is the host of Mornings with Maria and Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street on the Fox Business channel, and Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News channel.[2]

Bartiromo 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 television reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She has won several awards for her work on these programs, including two Emmy Awards. Nicknamed the "Money Honey", she garnered considerable attention within the financial industry in addition to the media. Her work for CNBC was largely non-political in its subject matter and approach. She sits on the boards of a number of non-profit and civic organizations.

In 2013, she left CNBC to host shows for Fox.[3] During the first presidency of Donald Trump, she became an advocate for the Trump administration, giving him frequent unchallenging interviews.[4][5] She is one of three Fox Corporation program hosts named in a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic relating to unproven conspiracy theories used in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.[6][7][8][9] As of April 2023, the lawsuit was in the discovery phase.[10] Bartiromo was among the hosts named in the Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company's voting machines that Fox News settled for $787.5 million and required Fox News to acknowledge that the broadcast statements were false.[11][12][13]

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  3. ^ Carter, Bill (November 18, 2013). "Maria Bartiromo to Leave CNBC For Fox Business". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
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  7. ^ Stempel, Jonathan (February 14, 2023). "Fox News must face Smartmatic's lawsuit over election-rigging claims". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Darcy, Oliver (February 4, 2021). "Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over 'disinformation campaign'". CNN. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (February 6, 2021). "Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  10. ^ Vlachou, Marita (April 21, 2023). "What The Fox News-Dominion Settlement Means For Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Lawsuit". HuffPost. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "Fox News and three hosts sued for $2.7 billion by voting machine company over election-fraud claims". USA Today. Associated Press. February 4, 2021. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  12. ^ Folkenflik, David; Yang, Mary (April 18, 2023). "Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems". NPR. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  13. ^ Davis, Eric (March 31, 2023). "Summary Judgment" (PDF). Superior Court of the State of Delaware. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.