Rebecca Quick
{{short description|American journalist (born 1972)}}
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| occupation = CNBC's Squawk Box co-anchor, former writer
| education = Rutgers University (BA)
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Rebecca Quick (born July 18, 1972) is an American television journalist/newscaster and co-anchorwoman of CNBC's financial news shows Squawk Box{{fact|date=May 2025}} and On the Money.{{fact|date=May 2025}}
Biography
=Early life=
Quick grew up in Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and Oklahoma as her geologist father{{cite news | first = Kevin | last = Cahillane | title = TELEVISION; Her Fans Are Devoted. Maybe a Little Too Devoted. | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFD6153FF931A15752C0A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=? | work = The New York Times | location = New York City, NY | date = 2006-01-22 | access-date = 2008-07-10 }} and her family followed "booms" in oil production. The family ultimately settled in Medford, New Jersey.
=Education and career=
Quick graduated from Rutgers University in 1993 with a BA in Political Science, where she was editor-in-chief of The 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."[https://www.cnbc.com/becky-quick/ Rebecca Quick]", CNBC, accessed 2008-07-10 13:43 EST. She served as the site's International News Editor, overseeing foreign affairs coverage.[https://www.cnbc.com/becky-quick/ CNBC Profiles: Becky Quick] Retrieved 2015-11-04 She was a co-moderator of the October 28, 2015, Republican presidential debate.Eyder Peralta - [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/29/452814120/5-headlines-the-consensus-is-that-cnbc-was-gop-debates-biggest-loser "Media Consensus Is That CNBC Was GOP Debate's 'Biggest Loser',"] NPR, October 29, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-04
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. She has also interviewed three U.S. presidents, and hosted the 2007 television documentary "Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Next Door Going Global".
=Personal life=
Quick was previously married to Peter Shay, a computer programmer. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/2011/08/16/becky-quick-wecomes-a-son-kyle-nathaniel-quayle|title=Becky Quick Wecomes A Son: Kyle Nathaniel|work=celebritybabyscoop.com|access-date=29 October 2015}} In October 2016, Quick gave birth to a daughter.{{fact|date=May 2025}}
Quick lives in New Jersey with her husband, their children, and his two daughters.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Becky Quick}}
- [https://www.cnbc.com/becky-quick/ Becky Quick Page at CNBC.com]
- {{IMDb name|nm2560171|name=Becky Quick}}
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