Maneet Ahuja
Maneet Ahuja | |
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| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, television news producer |
| Known for | Producing CNBC's Squawk Box, author of The Alpha Masters, co-creator of CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference |
| Notable work | The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds |
Maneet Ahuja is an American writer, journalist, television news producer, and expert in the hedge fund industry. She is responsible for producing CNBC's morning business show, Squawk Box. Her 2012 publication, The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds, released by John Wiley & Sons, was shortlisted for the FT / Goldman Sachs Book of the Year Award. In 2012, Forbes included her in their "30 Under 30" media category. Ahuja co-created and helped develop CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference, a prominent hedge fund event. She is a member of the Council of Advocates for Mt. Sinai Hospital and participates in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Her forthcoming book is titled The Techtonics.
Finance and journalism
Ahuja launched her career in finance at age 17 through an internship at Citigroup as a credit risk analyst, later securing a full-time role after ten months. After nearly four years with Citigroup, she completed internships in global economics and equity research at Merrill Lynch, subsequently becoming one of the youngest reporters on The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing team.
She joined CNBC in 2008 and earned the network’s Enterprise Award in 2009 for her reporting on hedge funds. While working on Squawk Box, she conducted exclusive interviews with prominent figures such as Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates and David Tepper from Appaloosa Management. Her coverage included reporting on David Einhorn’s alerts prior to Lehman Brothers’ collapse and communications from John Paulson during the SEC’s probe into Goldman Sachs’ "Abacus" transactions. She has also reported live from the World Economic Forum in Davos. In 2012, alongside Kate Kelly, Ahuja broke the story revealing Bill Ackman’s short position against Herbalife, accusing its business model of being a pyramid scheme.
Events
Ahuja co-established CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference in partnership with Institutional Investor, creating a leading summit for hedge fund professionals. She organizes events for Harvard Business School’s U.S. Competitiveness Project and quarterly forums at the United States Department of Labor, featuring speakers like former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. In March 2013, she acted as master of ceremonies at the Wharton Economic Summit held in New York City.
Additionally, she co-launched CNBC’s "Disruptors" series that highlights technology startups, conducting interviews with influential leaders such as Marc Andreessen during Andreessen Horowitz’s first Capital Summit in 2015.
Awards
In October 2012, Ahuja along with Bloomberg’s Devin Banerjee received grants from the South Asian Journalists Association to participate in business journalism workshops at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Alpha Masters
Ahuja’s book, The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds (2012), presents profiles of eleven hedge fund managers including Ray Dalio, John Paulson, and Bill Ackman. The foreword was penned by Mohamed A. El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, while Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron Scholes contributed the afterword. The book provides an inside look into hedge fund tactics and leadership from some of the industry’s foremost figures.