Betty Liu
| Betty Liu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | journalist, news anchor, author |
| Notable credit(s) | Bloomberg Television's news anchor, author of "Age Smart" |
Betty Liu is a news anchor for Bloomberg Television, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P.
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Personal life [edit]
Liu was born in Hong Kong and was raised in Philadelphia, PA. She attended Central High School and then graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English.
She has been married twice, first to Benjamin L. Walter (whom she divorced in 2006[1][2]) and currently to William,[1] an Australian news executive whom she met in Hong Kong.[3]
She is a mother of twin boys, Dylan and Zachary, who were born July 21, 2004, by her first husband. They live in Millburn NJ.[4]
She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and speaks some Cantonese.
Career [edit]
Liu jumpstarted her career in financial journalism while acting as the youngest-ever Taiwan Bureau Chief for Dow Jones Newswires.[5][6]
After she left Dow Jones, she worked for several years as the Atlanta Bureau Chief for the Financial Times,[6][7] where she broke stories on top corporate and political leaders such as Coca-Cola ex-chief executive Douglas Daft, former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
Returning to Asia as an anchor and correspondent for CNBC Asia,[6][8] Liu covered the daily market action in the Greater China region for all of CNBC's morning shows, including for CNBC's Squawk Box.[5]
Over the course of her career, she has also written for The Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, and Philadelphia magazine.
She now works for Bloomberg Television.
Awards [edit]
In 1997, she received a Dow Jones Newswires Award for her coverage of the Asian financial crisis.
Her coverage while at FT of the biggest Fortune 500 companies based in the South (Coca-Cola, Home Depot, UPS, FedEx) earned her a spot on TJFR's "Top 30 business journalists under 30 list"[9] three years in a row (2000–2002).
On October 27, 2011, Betty Liu became the first female and Asian student to be inducted into Central High School's Alumni Hall of Fame.[citation needed]
In 2012, Bloomberg TV ran an advertising campaign incorrectly touting Liu as "Pulitzer Prize-nominated". When contacted by msnbc.com, Bloomberg TV acknowledged the error and said it would correct the ads. The same claim of a Pulitzer nomination was made by the publisher of her biography, Age Smart: Discovering the Fountain of Youth at Midlife and Beyond.[10]
Publications [edit]
Liu is also a book author and personal finance expert. She published the financial and lifestyle guide, Age Smart: Discovering the Fountain of Youth at Midlife and Beyond (ISBN 9780132736787), which was turned into a month-long weekly series on CNBC Asia called The Business of Life.[11] Her book led her to writing a bi-weekly personal finance column in The South China Morning Post.
References [edit]
- ^ a b CNBCFix: "CNBC Star Profiles"
- ^ Judicial View: Case View: "Walter v Liu"
- ^ "Balancing Act", Park Place Magazine, March 2011
- ^ "In the Loop with Betty Liu", Newark Star-Ledger, Sept. 21, 2010
- ^ a b Greppi, Michele. "TV Week: Betty Liu, Host of Bloomberg TV's 'Starting Bell'". TV Week. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ a b c "Betty Liu". Financial Times Press. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ "Liu Says Despite 'Less Bad News', 'People are Still Worried'". TV Newser. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ "CNBC Asia has added Betty Liu (Hong Kong) and Sri Jegarajah (Singapore)". Television Asia. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ "Past NewsBios 30 Under 30 Award Winners". NewsBios. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ Dedman, Bill (June 26, 2012). "Bloomberg TV's ads make false claim to Pulitzer nomination for anchor Liu". msnbc.com.
- ^ Liu, Betty. "The Business of Life". CNBC.
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