Sharon Epperson

Sharon Emily Epperson (born April 12, 1968) is a senior personal finance correspondent for CNBC. She also appears on NBC News shows, Today and NBC Nightly News.

Early life and education 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. She served a summer internship at the age of 18 in the Pittsburgh Press library department.

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.

She also authored The Big Payoff: 8 Steps Couples Can Take to Make the Most of Their Money and Live Richly Ever After.

Epperson hosts the digital video series Retire Well. Her sister, Lia Epperson, is a civil rights lawyer and law professor at American University Washington College of Law, and former NAACP CEO Ben Jealous is Sharon's former brother-in-law.

In 2016, Epperson suffered rupture of a brain aneurysm while at the gym, but had no permanent brain damage.