- There is a song named after her entitled "Maria Bartiromo" by Joey Ramone of The Ramones. It is on his record "Don't Worry About Me".
- Raised in Bay Ridge, an Italian working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn.
- In 1995, became first journalist -- man or woman -- to report live on TV daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
- In January 2007, she filed trademark applications to use the term "Money Honey" as a brand name for a line of children's products including toys, puzzles and coloring books.
- Managing editor and current hostess of On the Money (1992), shown in syndication.
- As a teenager, she checked coats at her parents' Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. Her father was the chef.
- Her husband, Jonathan Steinberg, is a publisher and the son of financier Saul Steinberg. Jonathan is the founder and CEO of WisdomTree Investments, a financial investment services company in Manhattan.
- Does not like to use credit cards.
- Graduated from New York University where she majored in journalism and minored in economics.
- Was the Grand Marshal for the 2010 New York City Columbus Day Parade.
- Inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame on June 14, 2011 in Chicago.
- Is often referred to as "Money Honey" and "Econo Babe" by stock exchange traders because of her resemblance to Sophia Loren.
- Has a brother and a sister.
- Got her first TV job in 1987, as an intern with CNN.
- After graduation from Fontbonne Hall Academy, a local Catholic girls' school, she went to Long Island University before transferring to New York University.
- Has received several awards including the Union League of Philadelphia's Lincoln Statue Award (2004) and the Coalition of Italian-American Association's Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award (1997) and was nominated in 2002 for a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism for her series on the widows of September 11.
- Moving from CNBC to Fox Business Network [November 18, 2013].
- Loves Oreo cookies.
- CNN producer and assignment editor [1988-1993].
- When she and her siblings were young, their mother invested in Christmas clubs.
- Joined CNBC in August, 1993.
- Youngest of Vincent and Josephine Bartiromo's three children.
- Will be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2011.
- Fox Business Network's global markets editor.
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