Early life and education
Byrnes, born into a Sicilian-American family, was raised in Northern New Jersey and is a 1992 Graduate of Lehigh University with a B.A. in Economics and two English minors. After college, Byrnes embarked on a career at Ernst & Young LLP as a senior accountant. Byrnes later advanced her education receiving her M.B.A. in Accounting from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management.Career as Columnist, Author
Byrnes began her financial journalism career in 1997. As a freelance business columnist, Byrnes has written columns for The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. Prior to freelancing, she spent four years as a senior writer for TheStreet.com, In 2008, Byrnes released her first book, ''Break Down Your Money: How to Get Beyond the Noise to Profit in the Markets''. In 2015 Byrnes founded the Wine focused content site WineOnTheStreet.com.Family
Byrnes is divorced. She is a mother of three children, two girls and a boy. She implied on national TV that she's still receiving alimony after the divorce because she has 3 kids, despite her public claims that women do not need men's money.References
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