NICOLE LAPIN is a finance specialist who does not require the use of a dictionary. She began her career in finance when she was 18 years old, reporting for First Business Network from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She went on to become CNN's youngest anchor ever, and later the same role at CNBC, where she anchored Global Exchange, the network's only global finance show, while also giving financial reports to MSNBC and Today. Lapin has previously worked for Bloomberg Television as a business anchor and special correspondent. She is The Wendy Williams Show's money saving correspondent and The Insider's Hollywood business reporter.

She's also the creator and host of I'll Never Forget My First, an AOL Originals show in which she interviews powerful women about the moment they realized they'd made it. She is the host and judge of the CW's Hatched, a retail invention competition show that airs on Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT, and she was recently awarded Read More chevron_right

NICOLE LAPIN is a finance specialist who does not require the use of a dictionary. She began her career in finance when she was 18 years old, reporting for First Business Network from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She went on to become CNN's youngest anchor ever, and later the same role at CNBC, where she anchored Global Exchange, the network's only global finance show, while also giving financial reports to MSNBC and Today. Lapin has previously worked for Bloomberg Television as a business anchor and special correspondent. She is The Wendy Williams Show's money saving correspondent and The Insider's Hollywood business reporter.

She's also the creator and host of I'll Never Forget My First, an AOL Originals show in which she interviews powerful women about the moment they realized they'd made it. She is the host and judge of the CW's Hatched, a retail invention competition show that airs on Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT, and she was recently awarded GoBankingRate's 2015 Money Idol. Lapin has been certified as an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF(R)). She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with honors and as the valedictorian of her class.

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