Gerri Willis

American journalist

David Evans

(m. 1994)

Gerri Willis^[1] is an American television news journalist and former host of The Willis Report, a daytime program on Fox Business, focusing on consumer and personal finance issues.^[1]

Early life and education

Gerri Willis was born on August 14, 1959, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Miami University located in Oxford, Ohio where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow.

Career

Prior to joining Fox Business, Willis served as the personal finance editor for CNN, hosting a weekly half-hour program titled Your Bottom Line, which focused on ways to save Americans money and the economy's effects on personal finance. Before CNN, she worked at Smart Money magazine as the senior financial correspondent. She joined the Fox Business Network in March 2010, appearing across all programming on the network. Willis is the author of two business books, The Smart Money Guide to Real Estate Investing and Home Rich. She was also the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award in 2001, which is bestowed by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company Institute's Education Foundation.^[1]

Personal life

Willis married David Evans in 1994.^[2]^{[better source needed]} In May 2016, Willis announced her breast cancer diagnosis after discovering an abnormality and seeing her physician in April. Nearly a year later, she indicated that dealing with the cancer has been a blessing, and has reconnected her with her faith.^[3] By October 2017, she had undergone a mastectomy, four months of chemotherapy, and five weeks of daily radiation treatment. In an interview with Westchester Magazine that same month, she announced she had been in remission since the start of the year.^[4] On January 28, 2020, it was announced that Willis would take a leave of absence as she undergoes surgery to address pre-cancer cells.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gerri Willis". Fox Business. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ "Gerri Willis Biography". FamousStardom. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021.
^ Giampia, Nick (April 5, 2017). "Gerri Willis Tosses Wig, Opens Up on Breast Cancer Bout". Fox Business. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017.
^ Zucker, David (October 11, 2017). "'Fox Business' Anchor Gerri Willis is Taking the Stigma Out of Breast Cancer". Westchester Magazine (Interview). Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ Concha, Joe (January 28, 2020). "Fox Business anchor Gerri Willis announces leave of absence for cancer surgery". The Hill. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2022.