Bill Griffeth
{{Short description|American journalist and television anchor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bill Griffeth
| birth_name = William Curtis Griffeth
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|8|7}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| alma_mater = California State University, Northridge
| occupation = Author
| website = {{URL|http://www.billgriffeth.com/}}
}}
Bill Griffeth is an author and retired TV news anchor.
Early life and education
In 1980, Griffeth received a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge. While a student there, Griffeth co-hosted a weekly interview show, "Straightalk," with Rick Holicker, on KCSN, the university's then-NPR-affiliated radio station. Along with Holicker, he won the Golden Mike Award from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California for a documentary on NASA's Viking program, titled "The Flight to Mars." In 2000, CSUN honored him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 2017, he received an honorary doctorate.{{cite web | url=http://nbr.com/2018/03/12/veteran-cnbc-journalist-bill-griffeth-named-co-anchor-of-nightly-business-report/ | title=Veteran CNBC journalist Bill Griffeth named co-anchor of Nightly Business Report | work=Nightly Business Report | date=March 12, 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/alumni/alumni-sue-herera-and-bill-griffeth-co-anchor-nightly-business-report/ | title=Alumni Bill Griffeth and Sue Herera Co-Anchor Nightly Business Report | work=California State University, Northridge | date=March 15, 2018}}
Career
Griffeth was part of the production team that started the Financial News Network in 1981. He was nominated for a CableACE award as best news anchor for his work anchoring FNN's coverage of Black Monday (1987).{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/bill-griffeth/ | title=Bill Griffeth | date=4 January 2011 | publisher=CNBC}}
Griffeth joined CNBC in 1991, when NBC purchased FNN and merged it with CNBC. He anchored several programs for CNBC and received 6 CableACE nominations as Best News Anchor.
CNBC announced on December 12, 2019 that he was retiring after almost 30 years with the network.
Personal life
Griffeth is passionate about genealogy and after undergoing genetic testing in 2012, found out that the person he considered his father was not his biological father.
In 1982, he married his wife, Cindy. Since 1992, they have been residents of Park Ridge, New Jersey. They have a son, Chad, and a daughter, Carlee. Bill is a member of and teaches bible study at The Hillsdale United Methodist Church.{{cite news | last=Rohan | first=Virginia | url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2016/10/10/cnbcs-bill-griffeth-on-how-a-dna-test-complicated-his-life/93045498/ | title=CNBC's Bill Griffeth on how a DNA test 'complicated' his life | work=The Record |date=October 10, 2016}}
=Host shows=
- Nightly Business Report (2018–2019)
- Closing Bell (2011–2018)
- Power Lunch (1996–2009)
- The Edge (1999-March 2000)
- Market Wrap (1991–2002)
- Strictly Business
- The Money Club
Bibliography
- {{cite book | first=Bill | last=Griffeth | title=Bill Griffeth's 10 Steps to Financial Prosperity |publisher=Grand Central Publishing | year=1994 | isbn=978-1557385758 | url=https://archive.org/details/billgriffeths10s00grif}}
- {{cite book | first=Bill | last=Griffeth | title=The Mutual Fund Masters | publisher=Probus Publishing | year=1995 | isbn=978-1557385826 | url=https://archive.org/details/billgriffethinte00grif}}
- {{cite book | first=Bill | last=Griffeth | title=By Faith Alone: One Family's Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantism | publisher=Harmony | year=2007 | isbn=978-0307337283}}
- {{cite book | first=Bill | last=Griffeth | title=The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir | publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society | year=2016 | isbn=978-0880823449}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.billgriffeth.com/}}
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Category:American reporters and correspondents
Category:American television journalists
Category:American business and financial journalists
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni
Category:Television anchors from Los Angeles
Category:American business writers
Category:American male journalists