NICOLE LAPIN
Anchor
Nicole Lapin joined CNBC in January 2010 as an anchor of the global business news program, "Worldwide Exchange", (M-F, 4AM-6AM ET), based in the U.S.
Before joining CNBC, Lapin was an anchor at CNN, based in Atlanta, where she reported breaking news coverage on prominent national and international stories including the Virginia Tech shootings, the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the Mumbai terror attacks, the Hudson River plane crash and the 2008 presidential election. Lapin also interviewed CEOs, celebrities and politicians, including an extended sit-down interview with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the thick of the state’s 2009 budget crisis. Additionally, she wrote a weekly column for CNN.com. Lapin also worked as a business and technology reporter, for First Business Network, on the floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange.
Nicole began her career as a general assignment and investigative reporter at local CBS affiliates in Palm Springs, CA, Lexington, KY and Sioux Falls, SD. Lapin studied European Union politics at L'Institut d'Études Politique de Paris. She graduated summa cum laude and Valedictorian of her class at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and with honors in her double major of political science.
Lapin serves as a global ambassador for the children’s charity, Operation Smile.