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.
Early life and education
Lapin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of a scientist and a beauty queen. 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 Public-access television cable TV station. She did writing programs at Harvard when she was 15. She received her BA from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, as the valedictorian of her class. She graduated summa cum laude, also earning honors for a second major in political science. Even though she took time off to work professionally, she was still the youngest in her class. Lapin studied European Union politics at L'Institut d'études politiques de Paris.
Career
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. She has anchored major events like the Virginia Tech massacre, Israel-Hezbollah conflict, and the 2008 presidential election. 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. 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.