Poppy Harlow

Award-Winning Journalist, Former CNN Anchor, Podcast Host and Author

Poppy is an award-winning, Emmy nominated journalist who most recently co-anchored CNN This Morning weekday mornings.  She is also the creator and host of the CNN podcast "BossFiles with Poppy Harlow".  She previously anchored CNN Newsroom and served as a correspondent for the network based in New York City. She is the co-author of "The Color of Love" and the author of "The Biggest Little Boy".  

Harlow imparts her deep economic knowledge by interviewing the world's top business and political leaders and CEOs including Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Melinda French Gates, Sundar Pichai, among others. She has also interviewed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and moderated two CNN Presidential Town Halls. She has been nominated for multiple Emmy awards throughout her career and her reporting has won numerous industry awards, including a Gracie Award.

In addition to co-anchoring her show, Harlow has reported extensively from the field during breaking news. She is deeply focused in her reporting on income inequality and solutions to closing the opportunity gap for women and minorities.  

Harlow joined CNN in 2008 after serving as an anchor for Forbes and NY1 News. Born and raised in Minnesota, Harlow graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Columbia University. She holds a Masters in Studies of Law from Yale Law School and has also studied at King's College London.  

She is the proud mother of daughter Sienna and son Luca with her husband Sinisa.  She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a Henry Crown Fellow within the Aspen Institute.  Harlow was the 2020 recipient of the Columbia University John Jay Award.  

You can find her on social media @poppyharlow 

email: poppy@northslopeventures.com

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