Bartiromo's awards include: Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award, presented by the Coalition of Italo-American Associations, 1997; Lincoln Statue Award, presented by the Union League of Philadelphia, 2004; Gracie Award, for Outstanding Documentary, in 2008; Emmy Award, for Outstanding Coverage of A Breaking News Story in 2008; Emmy Award, for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting, in 2009; Financial Times 50 People Who Shaped the Decade in 2009; Cable Hall of Fame, the first journalist to be inducted, in 2011. On 14 February 2017, Bartiromo was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 2 in the list of 250 Most Influential Business Journalists.
Joey Ramone, of The Ramones, developed a crush on Bartiromo after his band broke up in the late 1990s. He subsequently wrote a song titled "Maria Bartiromo" that appeared on the Don't Worry About Me album released posthumously in 2002.
Before joining CNBC in 1993, Bartiromo spent 5 years as a Producer and assignment Editor with CNN Business News. She replaced analyst Roy Blumberg at CNBC when she began reporting live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and began hosting and contributing to the Market Watch and Squawk Box segments.
Bartiromo has anchored the television coverage of New York City's Columbus Day parade since 1995 and was the Grand Marshal in 2010. She appeared as herself in the films Risk/Reward, the documentary about the lives of women on Wall Street (2003); the 2009 remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, an action film about armed men who hijack a New York City subway train; the drama film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010); the documentary Inside Job (2010); and the Richard Gere Finance thriller, Arbitrage.
In 1999, Bartiromo married Jonathan Steinberg, chief executive officer of WisdomTree Investments, and son of financier Saul Steinberg.
In January 2007, Bartiromo filed trademark applications to use the term "Money Honey" as a brand name for a line of children's products including toys, puzzles and coloring books to teach kids about money.
Bartiromo also writes a Monthly column for USA Today called "One-On-One". On November 18, 2013, it was announced that Bartiromo was leaving CNBC to join the Fox Business Network. CNBC issued a statement on her departure from the network: "After 20 years of groundbreaking work at CNBC, Maria Bartiromo will be leaving the company as her contract expires on November 24. Her contributions to CNBC are too numerous to list but we thank her for all of her hard work over the years and wish her the best."
Bartiromo's awards include: Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award, presented by the Coalition of Italo-American Associations, 1997; Lincoln Statue Award, presented by the Union League of Philadelphia, 2004; Gracie Award, for Outstanding Documentary, in 2008; Emmy Award, for Outstanding Coverage of A Breaking News Story in 2008; Emmy Award, for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting, in 2009; Financial Times 50 People Who Shaped the Decade in 2009; Cable Hall of Fame, the first Journalist to be inducted, in 2011. On 14 February 2017, Bartiromo was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 2 in the list of 250 Most Influential Business Journalists.
