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Melissa Lee was born on the 4th November 1974, in Great Neck, New York State USA, and is a journalist, reporter, and news anchor, best known for covering business stories and being a host of daily TV shows “Fast Money” and “Money in Motion: Currency Trading”. Lee is currently working on the CBS network, on which she has also hosted several documentaries. Her career started in 1995.

Have you ever wondered how rich Melissa Lee is, as of late-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Melissa Lee’s net worth is as high as $5 million, earned through his career as a journalist. In addition to being with CBS for more than ten years, Lee also worked on CNN Financial News and Bloomberg Television, both of which improved her wealth.

Melissa Lee Net Worth $5 Million

Melissa Lee was born into a Chinese-American family, and grew up in Great Neck following her father’s graduation from Columbia University. Lee’s childhood idol was New York news anchor Kaity Tong, who inspired her to become a reporter. Melissa started her journalist’s career as a reporter for her hometown newspaper, the Great Neck Record, but later graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Government, and served as Assistant Managing Editor of the Harvard Crimson while studying there.

Prior to working on television, Lee worked as a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting, with banking and credit card sectors as her focus. Before she joined CBS, Melissa worked for Bloomberg and CNN, moved to CBS in 2004 where she is still working. Lee has covered numerous financial news items, and hosted many shows and programs; Melissa is the occasional host of the “Closing Bell” when the original host Maria Bartiromo is unavailable. She is also hosting two daily shows called “Fast Money” and “Money in Motion: Currency Trading”, and these shows have helped Melissa to increase her net worth significantly.

In addition to these achievements, Lee has also hosted five 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”, and “Code Wars: America’s Cyber Threat”, which have added to her net worth. Since February 2015, Melissa is one of the hosts of “Power Lunch”, a daily television business news program.

In recognition of her abilities, Melissa has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award for Business News.

Regarding her personal life, Melissa Lee has never married, and she doesn’t have any children. She has stated that she enjoys her single life and that for now, she will remain concentrated on her professional career. Lee is around 5’8’’ tall, and 51 kg and the fans can find her profile on Twitter, where she is quite active.



Net Worth $5 Million
Date Of Birth November 4, 1974
Place Of Birth Great Neck, New York, United States
Profession Reporter
Education Harvard University, Harvard College
Nationality American
Twitter https://twitter.com/melissaleecnbc
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497862/

Director

Title Year Status Character
Kidnapped! 2005 TV Movie documentary as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
A True Story About Love 2001 Documentary short as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
Soshin: In Your Dreams 1999 Documentary short as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
Mary’s Place 1998 Documentary

Writer

Title Year Status Character
A True Story About Love 2001 Documentary short as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
Soshin: In Your Dreams 1999 Documentary short as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
Mary’s Place 1998 Documentary
Kidnapped! 2005 TV Movie documentary as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Kidnapped! 2005 TV Movie documentary producer – as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
A True Story About Love 2001 Documentary short producer – as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
Soshin: In Your Dreams 1999 Documentary short producer – as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee
Mary’s Place 1998 Documentary producer

Cinematographer

Title Year Status Character
A True Story About Love 2001 Documentary short as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee

Assistant Director

Title Year Status Character
In Your Face 2002 second second assistant director

Self

Title Year Status Character
A True Story About Love 2001 Documentary short Herself – Narrator (as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee)
Soshin: In Your Dreams 1999 Documentary short Herself – Narrator (as Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2001 Ogawa Shinsuke Prize Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Soshin: In Your Dreams (1999)

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