Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio
First person to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an acclaimed American TV journalist with many highly-rated shows under her belt. A broadcasting veteran with over twenty years of experience reporting about business and economy she played a pivotal role in the establishment of television channel CNBC as one of the topmost in the business and economy segment. Highly successful as a journalist, her work proves she was always meant to work in this area. Maria was a young girl who, at the time was not sure of her choice of career. She was then tempted to become an interior decorator. When she realized the thrill journalism has to offer, there was no going back. Not only is she a great journalist but she also serves as an example to women who are looking for a job within an industry that is heavily dominated by males. Apart from being among the list of the "50 Faces of Decade" she was the first female journalist inducted into Cable H...