CNBC’s Melissa Lee
Now more than ever in the world of business we are tuning into the top business channels hoping to receive some sort of relief or hint of optimism from the never ending bloodbath. Pensions, 401K’s and stock accounts are a quarter of the value they once were a year ago. Is this the end of overpaid and underperforming employees who lived in their own self important world, where senior managers made multi millions in bonuses while their decisions to layoff a $35,000 per year “low level” employee didn’t keep them up at night? Most likely.Now more than ever in the world of business we are tuning into the top business channels hoping to receive some sort of relief or hint of optimism from the never ending bloodbath. Pensions, 401K’s and stock accounts are a quarter of the value they once were a year ago. Is this the end of overpaid and underperforming employees who lived in their own self important world, where senior managers made multi millions in bonuses while their decisions to layoff a $35,000 per year “low level” employee didn’t keep them up at night? Most likely. Hedge funds have seen their day, Investment Banks are no longer what they once were and the days of CEO multimillion dollar bonuses will be heavily scrutinized. Thousands of employees and businesses which once dictated the world are no longer functioning and they are taking hundreds of thousands of victims with them. No one can predict the market, so why should people be paid like they can.
We tune into CNBC all day where we get our business news, breaking news and tough interviews by the many journalists who ask hard hitting questions and demand answers and accountability from some of the people who got us into this mess.
One of the most visible women on the network is Chinese American Melissa Lee. Melissa asks great questions and you’ll never hear her stumble or pause, even for a second. Not only is she talented on air but she’s talented academic wise as well. Melissa graduated with honors from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Government. She also served as Assistant Managing Editor of the Harvard Crimson.
Lee covers investment banking, hedge funds and private equity. She also reports extensively on China – ”the country’s growth, its challenges and the opportunities for US businesses. In 2008, she reported and anchored a one-hour documentary, “Made in China: People’s Republic of Profit” from Beijing and Shanghai.
Lee also contributes reports to NBC’s “Today” show.
Lee has been nominated for two Emmy awards in Business News. In 2007, she was recognized for her report, “The $50M Con,” about a college student-turned scammer who ran a fake hedge fund and was ultimately caught by the FBI. And in 2003, she was nominated for her reporting on the proxy voting of mutual funds.
We spoke with Melissa Lee at the New York Stock Exchange as she was about to go on the air. Melissa is cool, calm and collected on air yet off the air she is just an amiable and social person who seems to laugh a lot.
ASIANCE: What is a typical day like for you?
Melissa: On any given day I can really be anywhere; Englewood Cliffs, NJ or the NYSE. Naturally what kind of keeps it exciting is you never know where you are going to be and you never know what the market is going to do. But I would say typically the day starts at 6 in the morning. You read in. You get yourself going. You head into New Jersey to headquarters. I may be anchoring a show. I may be doing a specific report. These days we can be going to 11 at night, like last night.
Watch this 2 year old video of Melissa Lee as she covers Fed Chairman Greenspan’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Executive Leadership Awards honoring “Corporate America’s Best”. Quite timely to replay this don’t you think? See if you can pick out the winners and the losers.
ASIANCE: So if you”re in Englewood Cliffs they’ll just drive you to the NYSE?
Melissa: Yeah usually it’s just logistical. There is no easy way to get to the Stock Exchange. And you’re usually in a rush. We’re usually on a deadline of some sort. I’m at the Exchange right now. We have a few shows that originate from the New York Stock Exchange: Squawk on The Street, The Call, which I’m doing today and The Closing Bell, which I’m doing today as well
ASIANCE: How did you land the job?
Melissa: That’s a $64,000 question. Like anything in TV, it’s really by chance and everybody’s past is a little different. When I first graduated from college, I started as a management consultant but I always knew at a very young age that I was interested in journalism. I thought, originally, it would be print journalism; that was an interest of mine. When I was a management consultant, a couple of years went by and I thought, “You know what? My dream is to be a journalist, so if I don’t try it now, I’m never going to try it.” I was living in Boston at the time and I decided to pack up, move back to New York where my family was, and I took a job as a production assistant, which is basically the entry level job; you print scripts, you run prompter and that’s about as complicated as it gets.
I started at CNNFN and moved my way up a little bit, went to Bloomberg TV, which is actually where a lot of my CNBC colleagues also worked. At Bloomberg, that is actually where I got my shot. I was on the assignment desk at the time. I was hired to start the assignment desk which is basically the heart of the newsroom; you dispatch reporters, you assign producers, you decided the editorial direction of the day.
I think one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever done at CNBC was with Jim Simons, the CEO of Renaissance Technologies. He’s one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world.
One day I said to the producer, “You know what? What do you think of me actually doing one of these pieces I’m assigning? ” He said, “Alright give it a try. Let’s see what you have. Give me the tape and if it’s good, we’ll air it.” It sort of went from there. That was my one big shot and fortunately it worked out.
ASIANCE: Is it true that you really just get that one shot and based on that it basically it’s over?
Melissa: Just because they say you can be on television doesn’t mean it’s going to make your career either. First impressions are very important. That could be that one time where the viewer is going to be watching you and they can formulate an opinion. You may be having an off day but at the end of the day, you have to deliver the goods. You have to deliver the information. You have to do it in an entertaining way. To some extent I think that statement has some truth to it.
Watch a video of Melissa delivering the goods
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=942786358
ASIANCE: How did your education prepare you for finance? You received a degree from Harvard in Government yet you know what you are talking about in the world of finance.
Melissa: Fortunately I do. It’s funny because in college, I had very little interest in college news. When I imagined a career in journalism, I always thought government. I wanted to cover elections and campaigns and things like that. It was really by chance that I got into Business news. I applied for my first internship at the New York Daily News. I was working on the city desk and I thought that would be great for the summer. I thought it would be city stuff. But then they put me on the business desk and I was really disappointed, initially. At the end of the summer, I was pretty hooked. It was pretty amazing to me that the whole world was based in New York City. To be honest I was a fairly good college student, I was going to school to be a doctor. That (business) wasn’t my world. My parents had no part in the world of finance. I really wasn’t exposed to that growing up but it sort of opened the door for me. There is this world of finance in front of me in New York City and I just got hooked. Every summer after that, I interned on a business desk.
ASIANCE: What was your best interview, worst interview?
Melissa: I think one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever done at CNBC was with Jim Simons, the CEO of Renaissance Technologies. He’s one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world. He’s made over $1Billion over the past couple of years and he never gives interviews. I was fortunate enough to land this interview. This was probably about a year and a half ago when it was still the heyday for hedge funds and they were still churning out a lot of money. It was a real honor to have him come into my office and sit down with me for an hour and talk to me. In fact, after that interview, people were saying to me, “You know, I have never even seen this guy before.” So it was amazing to hear what he actually had to say.
ASIANCE: Was there a worst interview?
Melissa: I can’t really say. I think there was always a reason for every interview. Even if it offers a bit of information for your colleagues or ultimately for the viewers, then it’s a successful interview.
ASIANCE: Do you have to get the interviews yourself?
Melissa: I think it’s a combination. We have a fantastic team at CNBC and their job is to find the great guests. A lot of the times, it’s the reporters and anchors that are out trying to land the interviews. When we go home for the day, that’s not the end. We’re on the phone. We’re still on our blackberries. We’re out to dinner. We’re out for drinks. You have to build a relationship and trust, so that is ultimately how we get the interviews.
ASIANCE: Who would you love to interview? Who would be the ultimate interview?
Melissa: I think it would be President Elect Barack Obama and the next Treasury Secretary because we are in a financial crisis we have not seen in the history of this country. This person who is going to be Treasury Secretary is going to play a huge role.
ASIANCE: Who do you think it will be?
Melissa: Well the word is it’s either Tim Geithner or Larry Summers. The Bush Administration isn’t going to use all of the $700 Billion in the bailout package. They are leaving some for the Obama Administration. So the big question is, how are they planning to spend that money and any other questions investors may have.
What I really appreciate the most is when people say, “I really respect your reporting”. That’s the highest compliment that I could possibly get.
ASIANCE: How are you so confident and well spoken on television? Did you train or has that always come naturally?
Melissa: That comes with experience (hahaa). There is really no training. I mean you can train obviously, but really at the end of the day, you really don’t know what’s going to happen. Like the other day, we started out with a pretty tame market. The Dow wasn’t moving too heavily and then all of a sudden at 3:40, the selling kicks in. At that point, there are no notes that you can refer to. It’s just all experience. It’s all knowledge that you’ve drawn in for the past weeks, months. It has to be at the tip of your brain. You have to be ready for the moment. That is the moment we all live for. You should be able to turn to an expert and be able to ask the right questions so people can get some answers, especially during a time of uncertainty like right now.
ASIANCE: Do you have stock questions in case you go blank?
Melissa: Usually that does not happen (laughs- otherwise I’d be fired type of laugh). No I have never had that situation. You have a person there. They are there for a reason. So you have to think, what would you want to know? Or what would the average person out there want to know who is watching. You’re kind of just playing the role of the curious mole. And that is just one of the traits you have to have. You have to be curious. You have to want to know about everything. It doesn’t matter what industry you are in.
ASIANCE: Do you notice a different vibe on the floor when the market is up and/or down?
Melissa: That’s an interesting question. In a time like this where you have a slow trading day and then you have all of a sudden the last 20 minutes of the day 300 points from where you started it can be a little crazy. I think even on the floor of the exchange that is going to happen.
ASIANCE: What would you be doing if you weren’t doing this?
Melissa: Oh I’d be a doctor. That’s an easy question (laughs). What’s so funny is that I was majoring in Science and Math. Originally I was planning to be a medical doctor and I had done lab internships in high school and all sorts of things like that. Then I majored in Chemistry and I decided maybe this isn’t something I should be doing (laughs). But I always thought if I wasn’t doing this, I’d be a doctor of some sort.
ASIANCE: Give us 3 words to describe Erin Burnett and Maria Bartiromo.
Melissa: I want to pick the perfect words. I think these 3 words apply to both of them: Hardworking, talented, deserve respect.
I hold the highest regard for what they do, day in and day out and the dedication to their profession.
ASIANCE: How is it to get recognized? Do you get that often? Did you adapt?
Melissa: I do. For some reason, it is always, always surprising. What I really appreciate the most is when people say, “I really respect your reporting”. That’s the highest compliment that I could possibly get.
ASIANCE: Do you have a boyfriend? Are you married?
Melissa: ha-ha. No and no.
Watch Melissa Lee on CNBC every day!
I’m watching Melissa right now.
How can a woman this beatiful not have a boyfiend or husband. Please where does the line start? I want to be first in line for a date. I’ll sweep you off your feet and treat you like a queen.
I’m sure all the men she works with want her, she’s just not a ho like Maria Bartiromo.
Ms. Lee has done a terrific job filling in on many of the CNBC mainstay hosts during the holidays. If anything, she has proved that she is as good or BETTER than the people she is subbing for. Meanwhile, is it me or is she getting more beautiful? Maybe the confidence in her work is reflected in her look. Now, if I could just get her to move to San Francisco! Unfortunately, I fear that Ms. Lee is married to her career.
You know Melissa is just focused on her work and not finding a man like Maria Bartiromo is having affairs with all the men, including Todd Thompson. Seriously though, what woman who works among all these men, is clearly a ho and marries porky pig J Steinberg and is still married to him? I heard she loves it that people question why she is with him. There is something wrong with that woman. Melissa all the way!
Sometimes catch Melissa on CNBC and can’t take my eyes off of those big lovely lips of hers.
I wanted to make a good comment is far as melissa Lee is a very successful reporter concerning about fiance in the world today and as well in the government and if I got a chance to choose a woman that is special,kind,loving and caring Melissa would be the woman I would choose. Secondly I do watch her on CNBC almost every-day. melissa lee if you are interested in me just drop me an e-mail please.
I agree, she’s looking better/hotter all the time. Although I like Betty Liu on bloomberg as well.
Melissa Lee is GORGEOUSSSSS !
Gorgeous, and Sexy!
I saw her on doing a finance report at the end of a late night news cast, and was stunned!
She makes finance worth paying attention to!!
Congrats on the new position and I’ll save money on aerobic workouts by watching you.
Date sometime?
I used to like Melissa but have really noticed an attitude change. I remember seeing her report on China that had a segment of her being photographed for a chinese magazine and she was acting like it was playboy. Has really gone to her head. CNBC even told her to lose the pornstar hoop earings. Still cant hide those gums. Needs to get out of love with herself.
Melissa, I really wanted that Fast Money job and am really jealous that you got it. I’ll have to spend years on the Market Floor until they promote you again before I get a shot at the high profile desk.
great show! good stock tipss!
She’s tough , got to love that as you won’t get far on the wall st floor without it .
Melissa , ever in Saratoga Springs meet you at Siros’ after the races
Some of you people who directed ill comments toward Melisa have no sense of self respect at all. Come on, she is an educated and fun loving lady, who is helping us out greatly from these financial mess. If you have nothing positive to say, please the least “thanks” her for supervising us daily on “Fast Money” CNBC.
Melisa, during your good day if you have good stock picks, please let this Single Father know ok, I sure needed it.
Thanks for doing a great job on CNBC.
I don’t see any bad comments, just good ones. Looks like she has a big fan club!
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t dig up any information on her birthday or her age. Does anybody know?
She graduated Harvard in 1995, people are generally 22 or 23 years old when they graduate, so she is 36 or 37 now. Appears to have a Great Neck NY accent. (I married a Douglaston girl!) She’s really brought life to the Network, hope they are treating her well. Calls herself “just a journalist” but I wouldn’t want to get into an economic debate with her. Tons of brain power there. And career minded, has obviously learned from others mistakes.
Mlee on fastmoney doesnt bring anything to the table, she states facts and market BS of what money managers say and repeats already stated information & speculation…. why is she on the show if she cant come up with her own opinions, why was dylan ratigan off the show, the show lost a lot of credibility with her on when she doesnt even know anything about finance…. she is just a waste of time oh and people dont want to see her on TV since she has such an annoying voice, sounds like she has a stuffy nose or something it really disgusting and she should stop flirting with one of the panelists when people dont want to see that, we tune in for financial advice not love connection!!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed her lips, ha, ha. Does she speak Mandarin or Cantonese? Just curious.
Melissa is very gorgeous. We Kazakh men like Melissa very much. Melissa, email me if you’d like to go out. You’ll appreciate being with a brave Kazakh man who knows how to treat women (unlike the softie corporated drones around you).
hi melissa
i think you are so wonderful to give hope to alot of young aspiring asians who wanted to get out of the stereo typical image of just working at a restaurant or a dry cleaner etc… at this point, my niece is a perfect a student without feeling the pressure to do so, but she loves watching you on television. it would be so great to hear back from you. you are like god to her. thanks os much!
What you said about M.Lee is BS, is personal attack.You sound like a very rude and uneducated person.Shame on you.
I’m really disappointed that Melissa did not make Fortune’s 40 under 40 list. Hopefully we will see her name there next year. Erin Burnett was a good choice and CNBC is fortunate to have these two ladies as part of their team.
I love Melissa Lee and as a professional woman I am usually hard on women reporters. She is just great and really hangs with the guys on the Fast Money Desk. That is a tough crew and she holds her own and then some!!! She seems like she has a great down to earth personality. Keep up the good work!!!!!
Oops. Today is November 4, as is her birthday.
Her birthday is November 5. She acknowledged it on air today.
She looks great!
accent? are you kidding me? omg you’re an idiot.
WOW!! does she have a lazy eye?? because sometimes i think she’s talking to one of her “buddies” but she’s really talking to the viewer. i dunno, maybe there’s another camera to the right of her or something…
She makes following the stock market a lot more interesting.
i flip the channel to bloomberg when this gal comes on… don’t know why, but i find her annoying.
i think she makes following the stock market less interesting. i’m happy for her, i just think she’s a typical cheerleader for the jewish people that destroyed this country w/i 50 years.
hi melissa, i wanna be like you when i grow up! i wanna be on tv and be all cool and stuff and famous and like when i grow up i wanna help the people who rule the world to spread news and information to the sheep down below who listen. i wanna help the rothschilds and the jewbag slaves to control the planet and put us into oblivion.
Would love to be the man in her life.
And she’s modest. Brilliant and gorgeous.
me personally, i think dylan ratigan was superior to this chick. dylan was a real reporter with an actual personality and told the truth about the stock market and its political underpinnings. this typical reporter is just that, typical. she simply says what she is told on her teleprompter and her earpiece. wow, that’s a admirable and tough job to hold up. this is all besides the fact that she isn’t funny or thought-provoking in any way whatsoever. go ahead, remove this message too. god forbid if truth ever sees the light of day. keep feeding the jewbag-run zionist machine, and watch the fascism we get and will have to fight in the future.
I’m really disappointed with the recent previous comments. Advancing the Narrative through a forum honouring Melissa for her hard work and intelligence is just wrong. I believe the comments are directed at her employer rather than at her. Clearly misguided and less effective to Google CNBC and find open forums to advance this cause.
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“i think she makes following the stock market less interesting. i’m happy for her, i just think she’s a typical cheerleader for the jewish people that destroyed this country w/i 50 years.”
–hey looneybin, are you aware that Jews and Asians have the highest average IQ’s? That just might explain their success, ya think? Now, go back to your single wide’s meth lab.
Anywho, Melissa Lee is hot. Most of the Fast Money viewers are male. Connection?
I subscribed to your blog when is the next post
I like melissa because she is smart and very informative about bussiness news
Melissa is the type of person you would love to have as a coworker
I want to make love to her.
Melissa is the best anchor that I have seen so far.
I thought, Margaret Brennan was great on another channel but Melissa is better, she’s quick, bright, well prepared and never gets flustered, that takes some doing on a fast moving show!
I always tune in to fast money and options trading even though they are on at 4:00 am here.
Keep up the good work Melissa, we love you.
Hi,
Thanks for writing us. We hope to catch up with Melissa very soon! So many members love her and have been asking about her lately.
Just thought I’d write to say hi.
I hope she will marry my son!
All you guys commenting on the magnitude of her hotness (which is considerable), consider this: She’s whip-smart, gorgeous, and covers up her 37 years with about 2.7 inches of make-up and fake eyelashes that could skewer a pigeon in Tiananmen Square, gushes all day on camera about rich men, as she runs around doing porn “documentaries.”
Let me clue you in on a little something: That is one high-maintenance gal; chase that skirt and prepare for a lifetime of servitude and emotional abuse. Been there, done that.
Looks like that, age 37, surrounded by rich men, yet never married. Do the math and interpolate the personality. Ouch.
Melissa,
I am seriously in love with you. You are so super sexy and smart. I only watch Fast Money, because you are on it. Surprisingly I have learned a lot about finance and have nearly quadrupled my portfolio, so thank for that too. One blogger commented that dating you would be high maintenance servitude. I just want you to know that you can sign me up anytime. I am a rich attorney, now thanks in part to your financial tips, considerably richer. If you are even half as adorable in person as you are on Fast Money, than I would be more than happy to devote my life to making you happy… Let me know.
She is 5’3″, cute as a button and smart as hell.
She gets a limo ride to NYC 5 times a week. Either she doesn’t care or doesn’t have time for men.
She is lovely. She looks better without that makeup.
What does her getting a limo ride and men have to do with each other?
She has to commute by Limo for safety reasons. With all of the lunatics in NYC, she can’t possibly take the subways or buses. She is too well-known.
aloha 2 leggy shape li hot Miss LEE. Always doing a GREAT job & looking VERY SEC C while doing it! Those LIPS/EYES R 2 dye 4! : ) mahalo aloha hb
After Melissa Lee replaced Erin Burnett I am about to stop watching ” Squawk on the Street”
Melissa Lee’s Lips! I wish i had a button on my remote control that can fix her articulate movement of those lips of hers. When I saw her with Mark Haines after Erin Burnett left I was greatly dissappointed to see her on the morning degment of CNBC. As for Simon Hobbs? He’s another piece of work, I find him annoying as well. Kinda liked Donald Trump’s comment… “Who am I speaking too?.. Simon?… whoever you are…” Ha ha. Trump totally belittled him and gave kudos to Mark Haines. It will be hard to find a suitable person to replace Erin Burnett’s place.
Wow…I haven’t been to this website for a few months and look at all the recent Melissa activity! I wonder how CNBC makes assignments (vis. Melissa assuming Erin’s role on Squawk)and did she have a say in that decision? Anyways, any negative comments on her new assignments are unfair as she is early in this role with an earlier timeslot which takes some adjustment. I think she is doing fine and finding her course and exerting her style of event delivery. She did well when the group visited Vegas for a few days last week.
Visit her C-SPAN interview for another (1 hour) look at what makes her tick.
HA HA!!! YES AND YES!! SHE DOES HAVE A ROMANCE GOING ON, ITS WITH THIS COOL GUY FROM WISCONSIN. OH, THATS ME!! WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING THIS ROMANCE HIDDEN FOR A YEAR NOW… FOR SHE LIKES TO KEEP THINGS IN THE CLOSET.. HA HA, YES AND YES WE ARE THINKING ON A TRIP TO CONGO WERE WE CAN JUST RELAX AND ENJOY WATCHING THE CHIMPS VAST IN THE SUN… WELL THATS WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO. I SAY OK.. WHAT EVER YOU WANT. JUST MAKE SURE TO KEEP SUNSCREEN ON AND CHAP STICK TO KEEP THOSE CHOMPERS (LIPS) FRESH.. OUR LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES CAN GET WELL YOU CAN ONLY EMAGINE. LETS JUST SAY IM WITH A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR.. HE HE… LOVE YOU LISS LISS, YOU HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL AND REWARDING TO ME.. LOVE YAS. BRIAN…
IMAGINE,IMAGINE,IMAGINE… WOOPS I GOT SO EXCITED I LOST MY MIND. THATS A GIVIN… SHE MAKES ME SMILE IN RETURN I GET BUTTERFLIES AND GET NERVOUS… ITS OK THOUGH… OH LISS LISS HOW MAY I GET INTO YOUR SOUL… LET GO I SAY LET GO!!! LOVE YAS LISS LISS. YOUR FAVORITE FAN AND SECRET BOY TOY BRIAN….
Weirdo….
WELL WELL WELL, I MUST ADMIT THAT WATCHING CNBC HUMMINGBIRD LISS LISS DRIVES MY BLOOD TO RISE… I CAN BE HAVING A NOT SO PLESANT DAY AND THEN I CLICK MY GIZBO TO CNBC AND I START TO GET THIS ARROW STUCK IN MY BACK SIDE.. I THINK CUPID HAS TAGGED ME RIGHT IN THE YOU KNOW WHAT!!! SO I SAY LISS LISS, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE POSSIBLE PROSPECTS OUT THERE… LOVE YAS LISS LISS. BRIAN… YOUR SECRET ADMIRER AND BOY TOY BRIAN….
Stalker !
PLEASENT…
STALKER!!!! YOU MAKE ME LAUGH… IF I WERE TO STALK HER TRUST ME I WOULD CONSIDER ON LIVING MY LIFE LIKE YOURSELF, AS YOUR TO MUCH OF A COWARD TO EXPRESS YOUR TRUE FEELINGS IN LIFE. YOUR PROBOBLY A TRANS-GENDER THAT HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH ROSIE PALM AND HER 5 DAUGHTERS..SO I SAY! SHOW YOURSELF AND LETS JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS, WELL BACK TO REAL TOPICS… LISS LISS IS A SMOOTH AND CONFIDENT INDAVIDUAL WITH ALOT OF THINGS TO OFFER.. SO BACK OFF YOU SMELLY HOG…
GOOD TO SEE THAT THE JAPANESE LADIES SOCCER TEAM WON THE WORLD CUP… SUCH A GOOD THING FOR A COUNTRY THAT WAS DEVASTATED… MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM..
INDIVIDUAL…
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i belive miss lee could be the next katie couric and nbc should have on the today show asap mke a great match with matt lauer she is not only cute she has brains and knows her stuff and yet she comes across friendly and caring really ist class act and her partner carl should be the guy that replaces matt lauer time for a change these young people need to be given that chance ratings would soar
Amazing race today shame Hamilton didn’t win
Button again shows he is got a brain for changeable conditions, although i feel he got somehow lucky with ham being the 1st of the two to pit.
Truly bizzare
YEA,IM VERY LUCKY MAN…LISS LISS HAS BROUGHT MANY HAPPY MOMENTS FOR ME AND WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE ME THE POWER TO STAY RICH….
You guys crack me up! Liss liss has many admirers!
I agree the she can be the next Katie Couric. Actually she’s better.
If Cramer can do a special from the Bakken, Melissa should consider doing a special from Ft. McMurray, Alberta. She would be great at capturing all sides of the issues. Come to Canada, Melissa!
Melissa is definitely the hottest female on CNBC and maybe the hottest in TV news. I like that she’s smart, too.
She’s the only bright spot in a down market. I can watch her on CNBC all day with the sound muted to drown out the bad market news.
“it was pretty amazing to me that the whole world was based in New York City.”
i kinda liked u before….but after the above statement i’ve lost all respect for you. xxx xxxxx asian nerd (ooo i’d be a doctor otherwise)!
I want to make a comment to defend Melissa, but you’re entitled to your opinion. Just keep in mind this interview is almost 3 years old and she was observing the battle from within the trenches.
Hello Melisa,
I watched your show on cyber war and I enjoyed it.I must be frank I spent a quater of my time admiring you instead of listening and digesting all your useful information as an engineer or professional.I wish I was able to fly to NY and watch you live -:)Finally I must say that you are beautiful, beautiful…..and I am sure that you must be spiritually beautiful too.
Can I JUST become your facebook friend ? Please dont mis-interprete my statement.
Keep up with the good job !
Chris
shes involved with this romeo guy from wisconsin. Rumor has it shes fallen for romeo… I must admit they look great together…
Really? Who? more details please. I’m interviewing her on Monday!
I’m a Melli follower….where can I find your interview? What is she doing in Italy?
wow, she is sooo not funny. anytime she tries to make a joke, i want to vomit on humanity and end up wondering how the hell did this country go down so fast. oh, that’s right.
Melissa Lee is super successful, very pretty, exremely nice and down to earth and has everything going for her. I am so sorry if that scares and intimidates some women out there. If it does, go back to school, work hard, work out, eat healthy, read more, work on your self-esteem, and so forth. She is a Harvard alumna who worked very hard to get where she is today ON HER OWN WITHOUT A MAN. A perfect role model for ALL WOMEN to follow REGARDLESS OF AGE! Follow suit.
Independent Woman
There is nothing quite like being independent!
Melissa is very sweet and highly intelligent. When you are highly intelligent, gorgeous and caring it is THAT MUCH HARDER to find the right partner. Just because she is surrounded by RICH MEN doesn’t mean a thing! Finding the RIGHT ONE is very difficult for women in her league. Contrary to popular belief, money doesn’t make a man more attractive to ALL women. Chemistry and mental connection are the main elements in a successful relationship.
Women who are “high maintenance” take tremendous pride in their appearance. I wouldn’t have it any other way! That doesn’t mean that servitude is expected on the part of the man. I am old fashioned and love to cater/take care of my boyfriend(s). Until you go out with someone, you cannot make such mean accusations. Her age, 37, is also not a problem. Some of us aren’t lucky enough to find “the one” until after 40. Carrie Ann Inaba just got engaged at 43 and she is a great catch! Her fiance is quite a hottie as well!
I am sorry for your bad experience but you cannot blame others for your misfortunes. God bless!
Go to http://www.foxnews.com and learn how to “make your change” from the “honeymoney” and how to lose your “moneyfast” to the fresh, fiesty and foxy babes at http://www.foxnews.com who will show you how to “make a lot of change” NOW!
When you find that special soulmate, fall in love and are ecstatic together, positive energy flows, past anger wanes and wonderful things that you never imagined possible begin to happen in life! It truly is magical! Trust me, that can happen to every person, regardless of painful past experiences or skepticism. Even when you don’t think it will ever happen to you again– life takes you by surprise and it just does! No matter how many times you were burned in the past, you have to believe and be positive for your future(s) and options in life! Get it? 🙂
ummm, you’re a mental case. go figure, alien. you animals are so wierd looking. btw, barbie is white, and has round, normal-shaped eyes. freak.
Wooow….go away from this site for a short sojourn and we’ve got full on politics, network wars, religion, race relations, sex, and a vast importation of YouTube videos. Whatever happened to down on the farm Harvard style debate club?
Liking the renewal and…….Melissa is still hot, intelligent and talented. Missing her this week…..
I LOVE THE CENSORSHIP OF COMMENTS ON THIS CRAPPY SITE!
Oh no it’s the Melissa Lee stalker!
i love the constant use of hollywood clips to justify your psychosis and “reality.” brilliant, and to my point. but what’s the deal with removing my comments? i mean, I only speak more to reality than you insecure fools.
Oh no!!! Liss liss has a new boyfriend!!! Im crushed and going to eat rocky road ice cream until i explode!!! Happy for liss liss and wish that all is well.
Do tell! Who is it?
Look! I found Marisa Sung! http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/brian_cashman_stalker_indicted_OO9CFHg89FzhLL5aPwywwN
“Marisa Sung” is a mental case Anonymous. This freak is a wannabe Asian. Too bad she doesn’t realize everyone is onto her.
Melissa is great and it’s nice to see her on CNBC for 3 hours in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon.
I see she’s wearing her hair a little different today….who likes the change and who thinks it represents a life change?
Here is an updated interview with Melissa Lee: http://www.asiancemagazine.com/2011/11/29/cnbc-darling-melissa-lee
Great Job!
I’ve noticed since her trip to Italy, she really engages her hands when she speaks now. Not a bad thing and helps her deliver her thoughts.
PS: I’ll balance the scorecard and state she’s quite attractive.
I really admire how Melissa handles the “split shift” of morning/afternoon TV schedules. She displays filial piety towards her morning co-host Jimmy Cramer and they obviously have a mutual respect for each other. A good combination.
She dresses very business like and conservatively, even in her special productions. Just once I would like to see her in pants on TV, although Asian women usually have very attractive legs and as Yuja Wang says: if you got it, flaunt it!
I continue to watch her daily and believe she is due for another special production. She comes across as a very private but businesslike successful woman. Keep up the good work, Melissa.
You got it! She’s a phony and always tells people she can’t relate to anonymous people on Asiance. Well, kinda funny she hides behind a doll.
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Wow, Mr. Herbysan has come a long ways with his drinking. Miss his funny posts…