Gerri Willis
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Gerri Willis, born in Waynesville, North Carolina
, is an American
television news journalist and host of The Willis Report, a daytime program on the Fox Business Network
, focusing on consumer and personal finance issues.
Having joined the Fox Business Network in March of 2010, Willis also appears across all programming on the network.
Prior to joining FBN, Willis served as the personal finance editor for CNN
, hosting a weekly half-hour program titled “Your Bottom Line
”, which focused on ways to save Americans money and the economy’s effects on personal finance. Before CNN, she worked at Smart Money
magazine as the senior financial correspondent.
A graduate of Columbia Business School
where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow, Willis is the author of two business books, “The Smart Money Guide to Real Estate Investing” and “Home Rich.” She was also the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award in 2001, which is bestowed by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company Institute's Education Foundation.
Waynesville, North Carolina
Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about or 50 km southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue...
, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television news journalist and host of The Willis Report, a daytime program on the Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
, focusing on consumer and personal finance issues.
Having joined the Fox Business Network in March of 2010, Willis also appears across all programming on the network.
Prior to joining FBN, Willis served as the personal finance editor for CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, hosting a weekly half-hour program titled “Your Bottom Line
Your Bottom Line
Your Bottom Line is a CNN news program focusing on financial news. The program was hosted by Gerri Willis before her departure to Fox Business in March 2010, and the show airs Saturdays at 9:30am on CNN....
”, which focused on ways to save Americans money and the economy’s effects on personal finance. Before CNN, she worked at Smart Money
Smart Money
Smart Money is a 1931 film starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, the only time Robinson and Cagney made a movie together, despite being the two leading gangster actors at Warner Brothers studios all through the 1930s...
magazine as the senior financial correspondent.
A graduate of Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...
where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow, Willis is the author of two business books, “The Smart Money Guide to Real Estate Investing” and “Home Rich.” She was also the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award in 2001, which is bestowed by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company Institute's Education Foundation.