Maria Sara Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is an American conservative political commentator, magazine columnist, and author. She is host of Mornings with Maria and Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street (the direct successor to the original Wall Street Week on PBS, renamed in early 2018). Bartiromo is global markets editor at Fox Business Network as well as the host of Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News. She hosts Fox Business Global Power Players segments.
She worked at CNN for five years before joining CNBC, where she worked for 20 years. In 2013, she joined Fox Business and Fox News. At CNBC, she was the anchor of Closing Bell and the host and managing editor of On the Money with Maria Bartiromo. She is credited for becoming the first reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Bartiromo was born to Italian-American parents Vincent and Josephine Bartiromo, and grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in New York City. Her father was the owner of the Rex Manor restaurant in Brooklyn and her mother worked as the hostess seating guests. Her mother also worked as a clerk at an off-track betting parlor.