PERSON: Kelly O’Grady

Correspondent

Kelly O’Grady is a CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent.

Prior to joining CBS News, O’Grady was a correspondent and fill-in anchor at Fox Business, with stints in both New York and Los Angeles. While at Fox, she focused on business, markets, and technology, reporting extensively on issues such as economic policy, the regional banking crisis and AI regulation. She also led the network’s coverage of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the trial of former crypto king, Sam Bankman-Fried, and reported from battleground Arizona during the midterm elections. Additionally, O’Grady garnered interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs and a number of 2024 Presidential candidates, as well as hosting multiple podcasts and a cryptocurrency election special for the network.

Before her career in journalism, O’Grady worked at McKinsey & Company in Boston, where she advised CEOs and top industry managers on their most pressing business challenges. She also developed deep expertise in finance as a member of Disney’s Corporate Strategy team, helping execute multibillion-dollar M&A transactions and building the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming efforts.

O’Grady earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies and East Asian Studies. She received high honors for her thesis on Chinese politics and served as the president of both Harvard Women in Business and Harvard Television.

O’Grady was Miss Massachusetts USA in 2019 and is a trained Latin ballroom dancer and figure skater. She calls New York home, with her husband and French bulldog named Biggie.

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