Erin Burnett Beautiful

Burnett was born and raised in Mardela Springs, Maryland. She attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, graduating in 1994. Burnett later attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
At Williams College she studied political science and economics, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy. As an undergraduate, she played lacrosse and field hockey for the College.

Career

Burnett began her career in 1998 as a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs in their investment banking division, where she worked on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.[citation needed]

While working as an investment-banking analyst, Burnett was offered a position at CNN as a writer and booker for CNN's Moneyline with Stuart Varney, Willow Bay, and Lou Dobbs.[citation needed]

From CNN, she moved to Citigroup, where she served as vice president for Citigroup/CitiMedia, and was responsible for all anchoring of the Citigroup online financial news network.[5]

Burnett accepted a position in 2003 with Bloomberg Television, where she was the anchor of Bloomberg on the Markets, covering the stock market open and newsmaker interviews, and In Focus, where she broke down the day's top business story.[citation needed]

Burnett is currently the host of CNBC's Street Signs and co-anchor of Squawk on the Street. Since making her debut on Squawk in December 2005, the program's ratings are up 142% over first quarter 2006 in adults 25-54; while Street Signs is up 57% in the adults 25-54 demographic. Erin also appears as a guest on Meet the Press and other NBC programs.

On May 24, 2009, Burnett gave the commencement speech at her alma mater, St. Andrew's School.