Gerri Willis
{{short description|American journalist}}
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| name = Gerri Willis
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|08|14}}
| birth_place = Spruce Pine, North Carolina, U.S.
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| spouse = {{marriage|David Evans|1994}}
| occupation = Journalist, news anchor
| employer = Fox Entertainment Group
| alma_mater = Columbia Business School
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Gerri Willis is an American television news journalist and former host of The Willis Report, a daytime program on Fox Business, focusing on consumer and personal finance issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/person/w/gerri-willis|title=Gerri Willis|website=Fox Business|access-date=November 1, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024181630/https://www.foxbusiness.com/person/w/gerri-willis|url-status=live}}
Early life and education
Gerri Willis was born on August 14, 1959, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Miami University located in Oxford, Ohio where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow.
Career
Prior to joining Fox Business, Willis served as the personal finance editor for CNN, hosting a weekly half-hour program titled Your Bottom Line, which focused on ways to save Americans money and the economy's effects on personal finance. Before CNN, she worked at Smart Money magazine as the senior financial correspondent. She joined the Fox Business Network in March 2010, appearing across all programming on the network. Willis is the author of two business books, The Smart Money Guide to Real Estate Investing and Home Rich. She was also the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award in 2001, which is bestowed by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company Institute's Education Foundation.
Personal life
Willis married David Evans in 1994.{{cite web |title=Gerri Willis Biography |url=https://famousstardom.com/gerri-willis |website=FamousStardom |date=17 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130034639/https://famousstardom.com/gerri-willis |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |url-status=live }}{{Better source needed|date=November 2022}} In May 2016, Willis announced her breast cancer diagnosis after discovering an abnormality and seeing her physician in April. Nearly a year later, she indicated that dealing with the cancer has been a blessing, and has reconnected her with her faith.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/04/05/gerri-willis-tosses-wig-opens-up-on-breast-cancer-bout.html|title=Gerri Willis Tosses Wig, Opens Up on Breast Cancer Bout|first=Nick|last=Giampia|website=Fox Business|date=April 5, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406051703/http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/04/05/gerri-willis-tosses-wig-opens-up-on-breast-cancer-bout.html|url-status=live}} By October 2017, she had undergone a mastectomy, four months of chemotherapy, and five weeks of daily radiation treatment. In an interview with Westchester Magazine that same month, she announced she had been in remission since the start of the year.{{cite interview |last=Zucker |first=David |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/beauty-shopping/fox-business-anchor-gerri-willis-is-taking-the-stigma-out-of-breast-cancer/ |title='Fox Business' Anchor Gerri Willis is Taking the Stigma Out of Breast Cancer |magazine=Westchester Magazine |date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101170851/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/beauty-shopping/fox-business-anchor-gerri-willis-is-taking-the-stigma-out-of-breast-cancer/ |url-status=live}} On January 28, 2020, it was announced that Willis would take a leave of absence as she undergoes surgery to address pre-cancer cells.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/480324-fox-business-anchor-gerri-willis-announces-leave-of-absence-for-cancer-surgery|title=Fox Business anchor Gerri Willis announces leave of absence for cancer surgery|last=Concha|first=Joe|date=January 28, 2020|website=The Hill|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129011411/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/480324-fox-business-anchor-gerri-willis-announces-leave-of-absence-for-cancer-surgery}}
References
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External links
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- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227025024/http://www.gerriwillis.com/ |date=February 27, 2016 |title=Personal website}}
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Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American business and financial journalists
Category:American business writers
Category:American television news anchors
Category:American women television journalists
Category:Journalists from North Carolina
Category:Journalists from Ohio
Category:Miami University alumni
Category:People from Butler County, Ohio
Category:People from Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Category:Women business and financial journalists
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