Nicole Lapin
Nicole Miriam Lapin is an American television news anchor, author and businesswoman. She is known for being an American news anchor on CNBC and CNN Live, who regularly appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International from 20052009. In January 2010, Lapin joined CNBC in New York as an anchor for Worldwide Exchange, joining CNBC Europes Ross Westgate in London and CNBC Asias Christine Tan in Singapore. In June 2010, she added the role coanchoring The Kudlow Report from 78pm EST to her CNBC duties. Lapin also served as a business and finance correspondent for Morning Joe on MSNBC and The Today Show on NBC. In September 2012, it was announced that Lapin joined Bloomberg Television as a nonexclusive anchor and special correspondent.
Lapin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of a scientist and a former Miss Israel. Her family is Jewish. Lapin became interested in journalism while watching coverage of the Gulf War on CNN, which her parents barred her from watching due to the perceived negativity and carnage. Lapin got her first broadcast experience when she was in high school and worked as the news anchor for the Publicaccess television cable TV station. She received her BA from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, as the valedictorian of her class. Even though she took time off to work professionally, she was still the youngest in her class.
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