Maria Bartiromo, who calls herself “The Money Honey” is leaving CBNC after a 20-year stint and expected to join Roger Ailes’ Fox Business Network.
“After 20 years of groundbreaking work at CNBC, Maria Bartiromo will be leaving the company as her contract expires on November 24, 2013,” said CNBC president Mark Hoffman in a statement announcing her departure.
Hoffman said he wished her “great happiness and fulfillment as she takes on her next challenge and thanked her for all of her excellent work at CNBC.”
Ailes had recruited Bartiromo to CNBC and made her the first woman to report live from the New York Stock Exchange floor, where she earned The Money Honey nickname. She later trademarked that moniker.
Most recently, Bartiromo anchored “Closing Bell,” which will now have Kelly Evans as interim host.
She thanked the people at CNBC for their support and “the viewers and investors everywhere for making me love every minute of it.”
FBN, which is six-years-old, is now part of 21st Century Fox.
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