| Tracy Byrnes | |
| Birth Place: | New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Money seeker |
| Children: | 3 |
Tracy Byrnes (born 1970) is an American television business news anchor, journalist, and accountant who worked for the Fox Business Network.[1] Byrnes appeared as a recurring panelist on Fox Business Channel stocks and investment news programs Cashin' In, Bulls & Bears and Your World with Neil Cavuto. She formerly hosted the 1 P.M. ET weekday FBN Live on FoxNews.com Live. She joined Fox Business Network as a reporter in October 2007 after being a recurring guest since 2005. She left Fox Business Network in March 2015.
Byrnes, born into a Sicilian-American family,[2] was raised in northern New Jersey and is a 1992 graduate of Lehigh University with a B.A. in economics and two English minors.[3] After college, Byrnes embarked on a career at Ernst & Young LLP as a senior accountant. Byrnes later advanced her education with an M.B.A. in accounting from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management.
Byrnes began her financial journalism career in 1997. As a freelance business columnist, Byrnes has written columns for The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. Prior to freelancing, she spent four years as a senior writer for TheStreet.com,[4] In 2008, Byrnes released her first book, Break Down Your Money: How to Get Beyond the Noise to Profit in the Markets. In 2015, Byrnes founded WineOnTheStreet.com, a wine-focused content site.
Byrnes is divorced. She is a mother of three children, two girls and a boy. She implied on national TV that she's still receiving alimony after the divorce because she has 3 kids, despite her public claims that women do not need men's money.