Rebecca Quick
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Becky Quick in 2018
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| Born | (1972-07-18) July 18, 1972 (age 52)
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
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| Education | Rutgers University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | CNBC's Squawk Box co-anchor, former writer |
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(m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
Rebecca "Becky" Quick (born July 18, 1972) is an American television journalist/newscaster and co-anchorwomanofCNBC's financial news shows Squawk Box and On the Money.
Quick grew up in Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and Oklahoma as her geologist father[1] and her family followed "booms" in oil production. The family ultimately settled in Medford, New Jersey.[1]
Quick graduated from Rutgers University in 1993 with a BAinPolitical Science, where she was editor-in-chiefofThe Daily Targum. As an undergraduate, she was awarded the Times Mirror Fellowship from the Journalism Resources Institute at Rutgers. Prior to her employment at CNBC, she covered retail and e-commerce industry topics for The Wall Street Journal and helped launch the paper's website in April 1996.[2] She served as the site's International News Editor, overseeing foreign affairs coverage.[3] She was a co-moderator of the October 28, 2015, Republican presidential debate.[4]
Over the course of her career, Quick has interviewed some of the world's most influential investors and financial power brokers, including among others: Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan, T. Boone Pickens, Jamie Dimon, and Charlie Munger.[3] She has also interviewed three U.S. presidents,[3] and hosted the 2007 television documentary "Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Next Door Going Global".
Quick was previously married to Peter Shay, a computer programmer.[1] She is currently married to an executive producer of Squawk Box, Matt Quayle (2008–present). On August 16, 2011, CNBC reported that Quick had given birth to a son, Kyle Nathaniel Quayle.[5] In October 2016, Quick gave birth to daughter Kaylie Noelle.
Quick lives in New Jersey with her husband, their children, and his two daughters Natalie and Kimiko.
