Melissa Lee is a reporter,

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, and

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for

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. Since January 2009, she has occasionally hosted ''

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'' when the anchor is unavailable. She has also hosted ''Options Action'', and is now the host of CNBC's 5pm ET daily show '' Fast Money.'' Lee took over as host of CNBC's 5pm ET daily show, ''Fast Money'' when

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left CNBC for companion network

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on March 27, 2009. She was the interim host after Ratigan's departure, until April of the same year when she was appointed permanent host. Lee has received two Emmy Award nominations for Business News. Lee has hosted six CNBC documentaries: *''Made in China: The People's Republic of Profit'' *''Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing'' *Porn: Business of Pleasure *''The $50M Con'' *''Code Wars: America's Cyber Threat'' *''Bitcoin: Boom or Bust'' , Lee hosts 3 CNBC programs: ''Fast Money'', ''Options Action'', and ''Money in Motion: Currency Trading''. Since February 9, 2015, Lee is one of four hosts for ''

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''.

Early life, education, and career

Lee's grandfather

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from

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Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

in the United States, along with his wife and children. Lee's father graduated from

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and then moved to

Great Neck, New York Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kings Point, and Russell Gardens, and a number of unincorpo ...

. Lee grew up idolizing New York news anchor

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, who inspired Lee to become a reporter. Lee started her professional journalism career as a reporter for her hometown newspaper, the Great Neck Record. She graduated from

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with a

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in Government in 1995. She also served as Assistant Managing Editor of

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. Prior to joining CNBC in 2004, Lee worked for

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and CNN Financial News. Before her career in television, Lee was a consultant at

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. Her cases focused on the banking and

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sectors. Lee is married to Ben Kallo, a financial analyst, and gave birth to twins in 2019.

References

External links

Melissa Lee's Profile on CNBC

Coca Cola: The Story Behind the Real Thing

Porn: Business of Pleasure

Made in China: The People's Republic of Profit

Asiance Interview with Melissa LeeC-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Lee, April 10, 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Melissa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Harvard College alumni American management consultants American journalists of Chinese descent American reporters and correspondents American television journalists American business and financial journalists News & Documentary Emmy Award winners The Harvard Crimson people People from Great Neck, New York American women television journalists CNBC people Women business and financial journalists American women journalists of Asian descent

Early life, education, and career

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