Sharon Epperson
| Sharon Epperson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sharon Emily Epperson April 12, 1968 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Other names | Sharon Epperson |
| Occupation | Television Correspondent |
| Title | CNBC Senior Personal Finance Correspondent |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher John Farley, 1997-present |
| Parent(s) | Dr. David E. and Cecelia T. Epperson |
Sharon Epperson (born April 12, 1968) is Senior Personal Finance Correspondent for CNBC. She also appears on NBC News shows, Today and NBC Nightly News.
Epperson holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and government from Harvard University, a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, and an honorary doctorate from Carlow University in Pittsburgh. She has been an adjunct instructor of international affairs at Columbia University's School of International Public Affairs since 2000. Epperson graduated from Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School in 1986 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2011. She served a summer internship at the age of 18 in the Pittsburgh Press library department.
She was previously CNBC's senior energy correspondent, stationed at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) covering the commodities markets on a daily basis for eight years. Epperson is the daughter of David E. Epperson and Ceceila T. Epperson, a retired schoolteacher in the Pittsburgh Public School System, last teaching at Lincoln Elementary School in Pittsburgh. Her father, now deceased, was Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh for nearly 30 years.
Epperson has covered personal finance in a column for USA Weekend magazine and her writing has also appeared in Essence magazine, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Self magazine.
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