Leslie Picker — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Senior Banking and Finance Reporter at CNBC, covering banking, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity, and asset management.
Helped launch CNBC’s Delivering Alpha Newsletter in 2021, where she interviews prominent investors.
Received a Society for Advanced Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) award and was a Gerald Loeb Award finalist in 2018 for her investigation into Puerto Rico’s debt crisis.
Previously a Deals Reporter at The New York Times, covering mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, venture capital, private equity, restructuring, and shareholder activism.
Reported on initial public offerings at Bloomberg News, contributing to Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Television, and Bloomberg Radio.
Holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.

Biography

Leslie Picker is a Senior Banking and Finance Reporter for CNBC, based at the network’s Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. She covers banking, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity, and asset management, with her reporting featured across CNBC’s Business Day programming and digital platforms. In 2021, Picker helped launch CNBC’s Delivering Alpha Newsletter, where she conducts bi-monthly interviews with prominent investors and explores key themes in finance.