Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Biography
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is an American media personality and a journalist. She was a regular CNBC contributor for two decades, including as co-host of Power Lunch and Worldwide Exchange. She unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for the 2021 New York City Comptroller election.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Age
She was born on 9th February, 1967, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Height
She stand at a height of 5 feet and 7 inches tall.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Education
She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Nationality
She is an American nationality.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Ethnicity
She is of White ethnicity.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Parents
She was born to Maria Caruso and Kenneth Cabrera.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Siblings
She has not disclosed information about her siblings.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Husband
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s is married to her husband, investment banker and Republican Party donor Stephen Dizard, who is listed as the largest donor in the super PAC named Fight For The Communities. Dizard contributed two donations totaling $30,000 in April — nearly three-quarters of the $42,500 raised.
But the group has received more donations since April, an amount that will be reported in its next FEC filing, due June 20, three days before the primary for the Bronx-Queens congressional seat. Super PACs may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions or other political action committees for the purpose of advocating for or against a candidate
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Children
She lives a low profile life hence she has not shared information regarding her children.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera CNBC
She joined CNBC in August 1998, working there until January 2019, and became the network’s first Hispanic anchor in 2001. Caruso-Cabrera co-anchored Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth from 2002 to 2003. She received a Broadcast Journalist of the Year (2004) award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
She co-hosted the Worldwide Exchange program in 2005-07, along with Christine Tan in Asia and Ross Westgate in Europe. Caruso-Cabrera began appearing regularly on Power Lunch in 2009 in an analyst capacity.
She was promoted to co-presenter of Power Lunch in 2009, and remained in that position until 2013.[citation needed] She rejoined Power Lunch for her third stint as co-presenter in 2016.
Caruso-Cabrera was a researcher and later a special projects producer for Univision from 1991 to 1994, where she was a producer on a team that won an Emmy Award for a five-part series on children with AIDS.
She then worked as a reporter for WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1994 to 1998. She left CNBC in September 2018 to join the board of directors of a Dallas, Texas, financial firm. Caruso-Cabrera held that position until February 2020.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera You Know I’m Right: More Prosperity, Less Government
Caruso-Cabrera wrote a book in 2010 entitled You Know I’m Right: More Prosperity, Less Government. In it, she called for the elimination of both Social Security and Medicare, which she characterized as “pyramid schemes”, and expressed numerous other conservative positions .
Caruso-Cabrera also said she wanted to abolish the federal United States Department of Commerce, United States Department of Education, United States Department of Energy, and United States Department of Labor, as well as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She urged that insider trading be made legal.
In addition, she proposed creating personal savings accounts saying they would lead people to work longer, and converting Medicare into a corporate-type 401(k) plan. The book has a foreword by CNBC colleague Larry Kudlow, who later became President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council director.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Politics
Caruso-Cabrera switched and registered as a Democrat in 2016 a registered member of the Republican Party through 2015. She moved to Queens in 2019 and challenged incumbent Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 Democratic primary for New York’s 14th congressional district, which covers portions of the Bronx and Queens.
She received support from the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce for her candidacy, but was defeated in the primary after receiving 18.2% of the vote and coming in second, and came in third with 0.9% in the general election after becoming the candidate of the Serve America Movement.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Salary
She earns an estimated annual salary of USD 120,000.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be USD 1 million.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Instagram
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