Rebecca Ann Jarvis (born September 28, 1981) is an American journalist and investment banker. She is the chief business, economics, and technology correspondent for
ABC News
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, the host, creator, and
managing editor
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United States
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of ''Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis'' and the host of the podcasts ''No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis'' and ''The Dropout''.
She was a finalist on
Season 4 of ''The Apprentice''.
Early life
Jarvis is a daughter of Gail (née Marks) Jarvis and James T. Jarvis. Her father is a lawyer and business consultant in
Chicago
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. Her mother is the ''
Chicago Tribune
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''s nationally syndicated financial columnist.
[New York Times: Weddings "Rebecca Jarvis and Matthew Hanson"](_blank)
January 29, 2012 Jarvis graduated from
St. Paul Academy and Summit School in 1999 and the
University of Chicago
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in 2003, studying economics and Law, Letters, and Society. She studied international economics and business in
Paris
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at
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and
Paris Dauphine University
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.
Jarvis was one of ''
Teen People
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''s "20 Teens Who Will Change the World" in February 2000. She was honored for raising over $750,000 for her own non-profit children's charity - a project that also involved
Al Gore
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and
Colin Powell
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, which she set up at 15. She was also named as a "
Point of Light" for her advocacy of disenfranchised children and teens. During high school, Jarvis worked with the
National Youth Leadership Council on their Youth Project Team, getting one of the few interviews granted by then Secretary of State Colin Powell while serving as an NYLC Youth Reporter at National Youth Summits.
''The Apprentice''
On the second week of ''The Apprentice 4'', Jarvis broke her ankle while playing
hockey
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as a task-winning reward. She was on crutches for the rest of the competition, which took 39 days to tape in the spring of 2005, but was fully able to walk by the time of the live season finale seven months later. On the season finale of the show,
Randal Pinkett
Randal D. Pinkett (born 1971) is an American business consultant who in 2005 was the winner of season four of the reality television show ''The Apprentice''. Pinkett is the first African American to win the US version of ''The Apprentice''.
Wit ...
was hired.
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
asked Pinkett if he should hire Jarvis as well; Pinkett replied that he should be the only Apprentice since he was the winner.
Professional career
Jarvis was a short-term interest rate trader on
Citigroup
Citigroup Inc. or Citi ( stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomera ...
's foreign exchange desk in
London
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. She later worked at
Banc of America Securities
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in
Chicago
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as an investment banking analyst.
Jarvis has worked in both investment banking and foreign currency trading, but left financial services to pursue a career in journalism. She has written for publications including ''Crain's Chicago Business'' and ''Business 2.0''. She is currently a governor on the board of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
On March 7, 2006, the business news channel
CNBC
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announced it would be hiring Jarvis as an associate reporter. She was a general assignment reporter based at CNBC's world headquarters, and covered
NASDAQ
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and the
NYMEX
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. She last appeared on CNBC on September 18, 2009. On October 21, 2009, TVNewser quoted CNBC spokesman Brian Steel as confirming that "Rebecca is no longer with CNBC, and we wish her the best."
Jarvis joined CBS News, primarily as a financial reporter, starting on April 1, 2010, and later became the co-anchor of ''
CBS This Morning Saturday'', as well as Business and Economics Correspondent for CBS News. On the March 30, 2013, broadcast of CBS This Morning Saturday, she announced that she was leaving CBS News, but did not say where she was going. On April 2, it was announced she was joining
ABC News
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later that month. She has worked as the Chief Business and Economics Correspondent of ABC since.
Currently Jarvis is the Chief Business, Technology and Economics Correspondent for ABC News and the Host, Creator and Managing Editor of ''Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis''. She reports for all ABC News programs and platforms including ''
Good Morning America
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'', ''
ABC World News Tonight
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'', ''
Nightline
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'', ''
20/20
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'', and ''
This Week with George Stephanopoulos''.
In 2017 Jarvis launched a new podcast with
ABC News Radio
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, ''No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis''.
In January 2019, Jarvis, in conjunction with ABC Radio and ABC Nightline, became the host of a podcast called "The Dropout" which documents the rise and fall of
Theranos
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and
Elizabeth Holmes
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.
Recognition
Personal life
Jarvis married Matthew Hanson on January 28, 2012 at McNamara Alumni Center in Minnesota.
Rabbi Barry Axler officiated the ceremony with the bridegroom’s father, the Rev. Craig Hanson, the lead pastor at Roseville Lutheran Church in
Roseville, Minnesota
Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. It is one of two Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities suburbs that are adjacent to both Saint Paul and Minneapolis (the other is Lauderdale, Minnesota, Lauderdale). The land comprisin ...
, taking part.
[ They are both graduates of ]University of Chicago
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and worked together at Bank of America Securities
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Because ...
in Chicago
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. They have a daughter, born on February 20, 2019.
References
External links
Interview with Rebecca Jarvis by ''Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine''
7 March 2006
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realbiz with Rebecca Jarvis on ABC News
ABC Radio announces new podcast 'No limits with Rebecca Jarvis'
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