Nicole Lapin

Nicole Lapin (born March 7, 1984) is an American television news anchor, author and businesswoman.

She is known for being an American news anchor on CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg.

Lapin also served as a finance correspondent for Morning Joe on MSNBC and The Today Show on NBC.

She is The New York Times bestselling author of Rich Bitch, Boss Bitch and Becoming Super Woman.

Her debut title, Rich Bitch was featured in The New York Times Best Seller list under the “Advice, How-To” section.

In February 2022, her fourth book Miss Independent was released, debuting on The Wall Street Journal bestseller's list in the category "Hardcover Business".

She has been the host of Hatched, a business competition show aimed at kids, along with Carter Reum on The CW Network, airing Saturday mornings for two seasons.

Lapin regularly appears on Good Morning America, CNN, Entertainment Tonight and major talk shows like The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Tamron Hall Show, The Drew Barrymore Show as a business reporter and expert money commentator.

In 2022, she launched Money News Network (MNN), a business and financed focused podcast network.

She hosts a daily show “Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin” and co-hosts “Help Wanted” with the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur, Jason Feifer.

Lapin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to a scientist and a beauty queen, both of Jewish descent.

Her interest in journalism developed while watching CNN's Gulf War coverage, an activity initially restricted by her parents due to perceived negativity and carnage". During high school, Lapin gained broadcast experience as a news anchor for a Public-access television cable TV station. At the age of 15, she participated in writing programs at Harvard. Lapin graduated as the valedictorian of her class from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she majored in political science as well, earning honors. Despite professional work breaks, she remained the youngest in her class. Furthering her education, Lapin studied European Union politics at L'Institut d'études politiques de Paris.

Lapin began her career as a correspondent at CBS Stations in South Dakota and Kentucky.

She also served as an investigative "I-Team" reporter for KPSP-LP in Palm Springs, California.

There, she reported live from San Quentin Prison during the execution of Stanley Williams.

Lapin also worked as a reporter on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for First Business network in Chicago.

She joined CNN in 2005, becoming one of the youngest anchors in the network's history.

In 2007, she created an interview series at CNN called "Young People Who Rock" where she talks with people under the age of 30 who are doing remarkable things.

She has anchored major events like the Virginia Tech massacre, Israel-Hezbollah conflict, and the 2008 presidential election.

In 2009, Lapin reported on location in Los Angeles during Michael Jackson's memorial service.

She also interviewed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one-on-one during California's budget crisis.

She was one of the anchors to launch CNN Live, the network's 24-hour online streaming news network and regularly appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International.

Lapin joined CNBC in January 2010 as the anchor based in New York on the only globally aired show on the network, Worldwide Exchange joining CNBC Europe's Ross Westgate in London and CNBC Asia's Christine Tan in Singapore.

In June 2010, she added the role co-anchoring The Kudlow Report from 7-8pm EST to her CNBC duties.

During her time on CNBC, she regularly interviewed Fortune 500 CEOs and broke news of Initial Public Offerings and pre-market movements.

Lapin anchored her show from Washington, D.C. during the U.S. budget crisis of 2011.

Lapin reported extensively in-the-field on the fiscal woes of the U.S. States with a series called "States of Pain" and followed the renaissance of the "Made in America" movement, highlighting its effect on the global economy.

She contributed a regular column on CNBC.com with racy titles like "Waking Up With Nicole Lapin" that recapped overnight stock market movements and unconventional stories like the business of sex.

Her reporting on alternative investments like comic books, wine and horses also appeared in USA Today.

During her time at NBC, Lapin reported on personal finance for Today.

She had a live daily business update on Morning Joe and MSNBC.

She also contributed to NBC affiliate stations across the country with business updates, including KNBC in Los Angeles and WNBC in New York.

She became the first "crossover" example of the NBCUniversal-Comcast deal by contributing business reports to The Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" program.

In September 2012, it was announced that Lapin joined Bloomberg Television as an anchor and special correspondent.

While at Bloomberg, she anchored "Bloomberg West" in both San Francisco and New York City.

She covered technology and interview startup founders like LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner, Zappos’ Tony Hsieh and Foursquare's Dennis Crowley.

Lapin also reported on technology in football, interviewing the owners of the 49ers and Cowboys.

In 2013, Lapin was named a special correspondent, focusing on the business of Hollywood, for omg! Insider, Entertainment Tonight and the money saving correspondent for The Wendy Williams Show.

Lapin founded her own production company to produce accessible money content geared toward women.

The company created a financial news website Recessionista, which served as the inspiration show on Ora TV, Carlos Slim and Larry King's network.