CNBC

Shepard Smith is Anchor and Executive Editor of The News with Shepard Smith (Mon–Fri, 7–8 pm ET), a nightly newscast providing deep, nonpartisan coverage and perspective on the day’s most important stories. Smith also serves as CNBC’s Chief General News Anchor and Chief Breaking General News Anchor, which was announced when he joined the network in July 2020. He is based at CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Most recently, Smith served as FOX News Channel’s Chief News Anchor as well as Managing Editor of the breaking news division. From 2013–2019, he also anchored the news program Shepard Smith Reporting. Prior to that, Smith anchored The FOX Report and Studio B. During his time at FOX News Channel, Smith covered major news events including presidential elections, Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, the Middle East conflict from the Israel-Lebanon border, the attacks of 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and mass shootings from Columbine to Las Vegas. Early in his career at FOX News Channel, Smith was a New York-based general assignment reporter before being promoted to senior correspondent.

Before joining FOX News Channel, Smith was a FOX News Edge correspondent based in Los Angeles and covered a range of stories for the FOX affiliate news service, including the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the Oklahoma City bombing.

He began his broadcast career as a reporter at local stations across the state of Florida including WSVN-TV (FOX) in Miami, the former WCPX-TV (CBS) in Orlando, WBBH-TV (NBC) in Fort Myers, and WJHG-TV (NBC) in Panama City. Smith studied journalism at the University of Mississippi and is a native of Holly Springs, MS.

Scott Wapner is host of Fast Money Halftime Report (weekdays, 12–1 pm ET). He is also the author of When the Wolves Bite, which documents the battle between billionaire investors Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn over Herbalife. Wapner has reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq MarketSite, covering the real-time action of the global financial markets. He was reporting live from the New York Stock Exchange during the May 2010 “flash crash.”

Wapner has also reported several documentaries for the network, including Hotel: Behind Closed Doors at Marriott, Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport to Big Time (which earned him an Emmy nomination,) and One Nation, Overweight, which documents the impact of the nation’s obesity epidemic. In 2011, Wapner received an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, as well as a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, for One Nation, Overweight. 

Before joining CNBC, Wapner served as the franchise business reporter for KDFW-TV in Dallas and was a reporter for Associated Press Television News based in New York City. Wapner earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of South Florida.

Brian Sullivan is anchor of CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange (Mon–Fri, 5–6 am ET), which broadcasts from CNBC global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. He is also senior national correspondent for the network, covering some of the nation’s biggest stories. 

Most recently, Sullivan was co-anchor of CNBC’s Power Lunch (Mon–Fri, 1–3 pm ET). In his 20 years of financial journalism and television experience, Sullivan has reported from five continents. He has been nominated twice for the prestigious Loeb Award: one as recognition for being among the first financial journalists to highlight the risks of the housing bubble in 2007, and the other for the 2013 CNBC documentary America’s Gun: The Rise of the AR-15. Prior to his time at CNBC, Sullivan served as an anchor at Fox Business News, as well as a producer, reporter, and anchor for Bloomberg Television.

Sullivan has a BA in political science from Virginia Tech (where he serves on the alumni board), as well as a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. In his free time, he is an avid race car driver with two SCCA divisional championships.

Michael Santoli joined CNBC in October 2015 as a senior markets commentator, based at the network’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Santoli brings his extensive markets expertise to CNBC’s Business Day programming, with a regular appearance on CNBC’s Closing Bell (Mon–Fri, 3–5 pm ET). In addition, he is the host of Trading Nation, and contributes to CNBC.com and CNBC PRO, writing regular articles and creating original digital videos.

Previously, Santoli was a senior columnist at Yahoo Finance, where he wrote analysis and commentary on the stock market, corporate news, and the economy. He also appeared on Yahoo Finance video programs, where he offered insights on the most important business stories of the day, and was a regular contributor to CNBC and other networks.

Santoli has covered the Wall Street beat for more than 20 years. Prior to joining Yahoo in 2012, he spent 15 years as a columnist and feature writer for Barron’s magazine. From 1993 to 1997, Santoli was a reporter at Dow Jones Newswires, covering the securities industry, and was awarded two Dow Jones Newswire Awards for distinguished real time journalism. He began his journalism career in 1992 as a reporter and editor at Investment Dealers’ Digest. Santoli is a graduate of Wesleyan University and lives in New York City.

Tyler Mathisen co-anchors CNBC’s Power Lunch (Mon–Fri, 2–3 pm ET), one of the network’s longest running program franchises. He is also vice president of events strategy for CNBC, working closely with the network’s events team to grow the rapidly expanding business. 

Previously, Mathisen was co-anchor of Nightly Business Report, an award-winning evening business news program produced by CNBC for US public television. In 2014, NBR was named best radio/TV show by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). Since joining CNBC in 1997, Mathisen has held a number of positions, including managing editor of CNBC Business News, which entail directing the network’s daily content and coverage. He was also co-anchor of CNBC’s Closing Bell. Mathisen has reported one-hour documentaries for the network, including Best Buy: The Big Box Fights Back, Supermarkets Inc: Inside a $500 Billion Money Machine, and Death: It’s a Living. Mathisen was also host of the CNBC series How I Made My Millions.

Prior to his time at CNBC, Mathisen spent 15 years as a writer, senior editor, and top editor for Money magazine. Among other duties, he supervised the magazine’s mutual funds coverage, its annual investment forecast issue, and its expansion into electronic journalism, for which it won the first-ever National Magazine Award for New Media in 1997. In 1993, Mathisen won the American University-Investment Company Institute Award for Personal Finance Journalism for the televised series, Caring for Aging Parents, which aired on ABC’s Good Morning America. Mathisen served as money editor of GMA from 1991 to 1997. He also won an Emmy Award for a report on the 1987 stock market crash that aired on New York’s WCBS-TV. A native of Arlington, VA, Mathisen graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia.

Melissa Lee is the host of CNBC’s Fast Money (Mon–Thu, 5–6 pm ET; Fri, 5–5:30 pm ET), which originates from the Nasdaq’s MarketSite studio in New York’s Times Square. Fast Money gives you the information normally reserved for the Wall Street trading floor, enabling you to make decisions that can make you money. She is also the host of Options Action (Fri, 5:30 pm ET), a weekly half-hour program that explains the advantages of options trading. In addition, Lee is a member of the ensemble cast of CNBC’s Power Lunch (Mon–Fri, 2–3 pm ET). Previously, Lee was co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and host of Money in Motion Currency Trading. She also covered investment banking, hedge funds, and private equity for the network.

Lee has reported one-hour documentaries for the network, including Rise of the Machines (2013), Code Wars: America’s Cyber Threat (2011), Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing (2009), and Porn: Business of Pleasure (2009). In 2008, Lee reported and anchored the one-hour documentary Made in China: People’s Republic of Profit from Beijing and Shanghai. She reported extensively on China, covering matters from the country’s growth and challenges to opportunities for US businesses.

Lee received a 2010 Gracie Award for Outstanding Host–News and a 2009 Gerald Loeb Award nomination for the CNBC Special Report, Is Your Money Safe? The Fall of Lehman Brothers, which she co-anchored. Lee has also been nominated for two Emmy awards in Business News. In 2007, she was recognized for The $50M Con, her report about a college student-turned-scammer who ran a fake hedge fund and was ultimately caught by the FBI. And in 2003, she was nominated for her reporting on the proxy voting of mutual funds.

Prior to joining CNBC in 2004, Lee worked for Bloomberg Television and CNN Financial News. Before her career in television, she was a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting. Her cases focused on the banking and credit card sectors. Lee graduated with honors from Harvard College with a BA in government. She also served as assistant managing editor of the Harvard Crimson.

Wilfred Frost is co-anchor of CNBC’s Closing Bell (Mon–Fri, 3–5 pm ET), which broadcasts from Post 9 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Frost also covers banking and finance for the network’s Business Day programming. Frost joined CNBC in 2014 as co-anchor of Worldwide Exchange in London and moved to the US when the program began broadcasting from CNBC Global Headquarters in 2015.

Frost graduated from Oxford University with a degree in politics, philosophy, and economics, and worked for five years as a fund manager with Newton Investment Management in the City of London before opting to pursue a full-time career in journalism. Frost manages a TV production firm and completed a number of on-screen assignments for broadcast networks including ITV and CNN. He also founded The Miles Frost Fund, which works to raise awareness and funds for inherited heart conditions. Find out more about Wilfred at: wilfredfrost.com.

Jon Fortt is co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Alley (Mon–Fri, 11 am–12 pm ET) broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange. Previously, he was an on-air editor based at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Fortt joined CNBC as technology correspondent in July 2010, working from CNBC’s Silicon Valley bureau where he covered the companies, start-ups, and trends that are driving innovation in the industry. He also contributes to CNBC.com.

Fortt came to CNBC from Fortune magazine, where, as a senior writer, he covered both large technology companies—such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft—and trends, including cloud computing and the smartphone revolution. Before joining Fortune in 2007, Fortt was a senior editor at Business 2.0 magazine, where he produced the “What Works” section.

From 1999 to 2006, Fortt wrote and edited at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley’s hometown newspaper. There he contributed to several efforts that won awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. As a personal technology writer, his coverage duties included Apple, Palm, and Adobe. He also served in roles outside the business department covering education, editing local news, and developing technology strategy. As the newspaper’s senior web editor, he helped develop a blog and podcast network, managed the creation of multimedia projects, and served on the board of the Associated Press Managing Editors. Fortt graduated from DePauw University as a media fellow, with a BA in English. Listen to his podcast, Fortt Knox.

Sara Eisen is co-anchor of CNBC’s Closing Bell (Mon–Fri, 3–5 pm ET). She is known for her deep expertise in financial markets and the global economy, as well as regular news, conducting interviews with some of the most prominent names in the financial world, including Phil Knight, Leon Black, Janet Yellen, Christine Lagarde, and others. Previously, Eisen was co-anchor of the 10 am ET hour of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street (Mon–Fri, 9–11 am ET), which broadcasts from Post 9 at the New York Stock Exchange. Before that, she was co-anchor of CNBC’s Power Lunch (Mon–Fri, 2–3 pm ET) and co-anchor of CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange (Mon–Fri, 5–6 am ET), both of which broadcast from CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. She joined CNBC in December 2013 as a correspondent focused on the global consumer.

Prior to CNBC, Eisen was co-anchor of Bloomberg Surveillance as well as a correspondent for Bloomberg Television, where she covered global macroeconomics, policy, and business. During that time, she covered the European debt crisis, the tsunami aftermath, and the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan. Eisen also hosted the Bloomberg Radio program On the Economy.

She is the editor of Currencies After the Crash: The Uncertain Future of the Global Paper-Based Currency System (published by McGraw-Hill, January 2013). Eisen holds a master’s degree in broadcast journalism with a concentration in business reporting from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Morgan Brennan is co-anchor of the 10 am ET hour of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street (Mon–Fri, 9–11 am ET), which broadcasts live from the New York Stock Exchange. Previously, she was co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Alley (Mon–Fri, 11 am–12 pm ET). She joined the network in December 2013 as a general assignment reporter based at CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and continues to cover a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, and defense and space.

Prior to joining CNBC, Brennan was a staff writer and reporter for Forbes Media where she reported for Forbes magazine, ForbesLife magazine, and Forbes.com. She began her career at Forbes in 2009, holding several positions, including anchor/reporter and producer for the Forbes Video Network, covering a wide range of business and finance topics. Previously, Brennan was a regular guest on a variety of networks where she discussed business and economic stories. She also interned at Newsweek International, where she was a fact-checker and contributing writer.

Brennan has interviewed billionaires, heads of state, thought leaders, and chief executives of multibillion-dollar corporations. Her profile story on Equity Group Investments Chairman Sam Zell was one of five magazine covers featured on the 2013 Forbes 400 issue. Brennan graduated summa cum laude from New York University, having majored in social science with a double concentration in anthropology and media studies.