Susie Gharib
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Susie Gharib, born in 1950, is a leading business news journalist and co-anchor of PBS' Nightly Business Report
— television’s most watched evening business news program.
Gharib’s weeknight broadcasts from the New York Stock Exchange
focus on the economy and the financial markets.
She joined Nightly Business Report in 1998 after a 20-year career working at some of America’s most prestigious print and broadcast organizations, including CNBC
, NBC
, ESPN
, and WABC-TV
/New York. Gharib launched her career as a business journalist at Fortune
magazine, where she was a senior writer and associate editor. Her previous work includes reporter positions at Newsweek
, the Associated Press
, and The Plain Dealer. During part of her career she went by her married name, Susie Nazem.
A magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Case Western Reserve University
, Gharib also earned her master’s degree in international affairs at Columbia University
. She is the recipient of both the 2001 Gracie Allen Award as the top anchorwoman of a national news program and the “Front Page Award” (2002, 2007) from the Newswoman’s Club of New York. Her 2002 Front Page Award was for an outstanding panel discussion with high-profile CEOs on how to restore investor confidence in the aftermath of the business scandals at Enron
and WorldCom. She has also been named one of the nation's 100 most influential business journalists by the editors of TJFR, an industry publication.
Susie is among the outstanding graduates of Cleveland Heights High School featured in the book Every Tiger Has a Tale.
Gharib is an avid figure skater and is married to Fred Nazem.
Nightly Business Report
Nightly Business Report is a Business news television magazine broadcast live Monday to Friday evenings on most public television stations in the United States. Every weeknight, Nightly Business Report distills the essence of what matters in the business world, and provides analysis and reflection...
— television’s most watched evening business news program.
Gharib’s weeknight broadcasts from the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
focus on the economy and the financial markets.
She joined Nightly Business Report in 1998 after a 20-year career working at some of America’s most prestigious print and broadcast organizations, including CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, and WABC-TV
WABC-TV
WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Disney-owned American Broadcasting Company located in New York City. The station's studios and offices are located on the Upper West Side section of Manhattan, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters, and its transmitter is atop the Empire State...
/New York. Gharib launched her career as a business journalist at Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
magazine, where she was a senior writer and associate editor. Her previous work includes reporter positions at Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, and The Plain Dealer. During part of her career she went by her married name, Susie Nazem.
A magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
, Gharib also earned her master’s degree in international affairs at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. She is the recipient of both the 2001 Gracie Allen Award as the top anchorwoman of a national news program and the “Front Page Award” (2002, 2007) from the Newswoman’s Club of New York. Her 2002 Front Page Award was for an outstanding panel discussion with high-profile CEOs on how to restore investor confidence in the aftermath of the business scandals at Enron
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...
and WorldCom. She has also been named one of the nation's 100 most influential business journalists by the editors of TJFR, an industry publication.
Susie is among the outstanding graduates of Cleveland Heights High School featured in the book Every Tiger Has a Tale.
Personal life
Gharib, one of four daughters of a Cleveland anesthesiologist, is of Persian descent. One of her sisters is an endocrinologist in Boston.Gharib is an avid figure skater and is married to Fred Nazem.