Erin Burnett

Erin Burnett (born July 2, 1976) is a television news anchor on CNBC's Street Signs and co-anchors CNBC's Squawk on the Street. She also appears regularly on NBC's Today and Nightly News with Brian Williams and is a contributor on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Burnett also worked at CNN as a writer for CNN's Moneyline. She began her career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an investment banking analyst focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Burnett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Williams College in Williamstown, MA.

Early Career

Erin Burnett left CNN to join Citigroup as Vice President of Citigroup/CitiMedia, where she streamlined their online financial network. Burnett then moved to Bloomberg Television in 2003 and anchored Bloomberg on the Markets, covering top business stories and on the stock market.

Interviews

During an interview with Rush Limbaugh, Erin Burnett said this of his "Bipartisan Stimulus Plan," despite her liberal views, "A lot of people saying your bipartisanship here, this plan makes some sense. [...] there's some things in this plan that make a lot of sense, that corporate tax cut." Rush Limbaugh commonly refers to Erin Burnett as the "Street Sweetie."