Sonali Basak is a popular name you might often find on the news. If you are wondering about her and just to give you an overview, she is an American Journalist and currently works as a Lead correspondent for Bloomberg TV and a writer for Bloomberg News. She often makes contributions writing to Business Week and Markets Magazine as well. You will often come across her name in trending news articles on anything about finance.
Sonali Basak Birthday & Age
Sonali is 36 years of age as of 2022, and her Birthday is on the 9th of April every year.
Sonali Basak Height
She is 5 feet and 4 inches tall.
Sonali Basak Education
Academic Education
In the year 2012, Basak graduated from Bucknell University, the USA, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with English and Economics as her primary subjects. Following this, she also did a Master of Science (Broadcast) from North Western University -Medill School of Journalism in 2012-2013. After this, she did her Master of Business Administration (MBA), Corporate Finance, and Quantitative Finance from NYU Stern School of Business between 2016-2020.
Professional Courses
Along with this, Basak has also enhanced her overall qualifications by undergoing some professional courses. These include the Advanced Business Reporting Course, and Advanced Video Journalism Course, which are associated with the North Western University – Medill School of Journalism.
She has also undergone an African Economic Development course from Bucknell University, USA.
So, has a very impressive qualification indeed.Â
Her Professional Experience
She has been working as a breaking news and feature reporter for Bloomberg for nearly 9 years. Earlier this, she had worked actively in investment banking and private equity. The valuable work experience while working here enabled her to gather immense knowledge and expertise in the field. Over time she covered wealth, deals, asset management and the insurance industry. She has also been a beat reporter for banks, including Morgan Stanley, UBS and Deutsche Bank. While working here, she covered the listings of PJT and Houlihan Lokey. In addition, she was the one who broke the news on WeWork’s plunging valuation and was the first to outline JPMorgan’s extensive relationships with the firm. Along with this, she has also helped lead coverage for the listings of Uber and Slack for Bloomberg News, then covered the Airbnb, Coinbase and DoorDash listings for Bloomberg Television.
Before this, she was a technology reporter freelancing for outlets including David Kirkpatrick’s Techonomy and Chicago Tribune’s Blue-Sky Initiative.
She began her career in May 2009, and till September 2012, Sonali Basak was the contributing writer at County Seat Newspaper in NJ. Here she covered local political elections and so on. She also worked as an intern in CBS News in New York towards the beginning of her journalism career in 2011.
Between 2013 and 2014, the initial years of her journalism career Sonali Basak worked as a Technology Correspondent for Freelance Tech & Business Reporter in Greater Chicago.
Sonali Basak Publications
Being an expert journalist Sonali Basak also has some very eminent publications. These include the following:
- One of her latest publications is Bear Stearns’ Last CEO Tries to Keep Guggenheim Together; it is Bloomberg News Publication published on 6th December 2017.
Along with this, she also has had some other publications too, and these are as follows:
- Raymond James, CEO of Expansion Push, Tax Reform, is another Bloomberg News Publication published on 17th November 2017.
- Before this, another publication of Bloomberg Business of hers was published on 19th June 2014.
- A Wall Street Rainmaker’s Secret to Trillions Worth of M&A Deals was one of her earliest publications on Bloomberg News.
Languages known by Sonali Basak
Along with English, Sonali Basak also knows Bengali and the Spanish language with limited proficiency.
Body Measurements -Sonali Basak
Unfortunately, as of now, no information regarding her other body measurements is currently available. However, we will update you as soon as the same is available and confirmed by reliable sources.
Sonali Basak Nationality -Ethnicity
Sonali Basak, though of Indian origin, holds an American nationality and citizenship by birth.
Sonali Basak Parents- Family
She was born to Bengali parents by origin and raised by them in the United States of America. Unfortunately, further information regarding her parents and whether she has siblings is currently unavailable. Once the confirmed information about the same is available, we will update it.
Sonali Basak Husband | Married
If you are wondering whether Sonali Basak is married or not? We can say yes, and she is currently married to Alex Garmendia. However, further information about her marriage or married life is still known, and we will update more once confirmed.
Sonali Basak Salary
As stated earlier, Sonali Basak is currently working for Bloomberg News as a Wall Street correspondent and a writer for Bloomberg News. Her annual salary is estimated to range between $40,000 to $95,000.
Sonali Basak Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of about $ 8,99,735.
