Patricia Wu
Anchor Patricia Wu is an Emmy-Award winning journalist who has interviewed newsmakers from former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to former Ford CEO Alan Mulally. She moved to Hong Kong in November 2012 to anchor CNN’s globally simulcast primetime morning news show. The two hour live program covered global news with a focus on world markets and business news.
Wu also reported live from the 2013 APEC Summit in Bali, Indonesia. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, Wu was a correspondent for CNN in New York, reporting from the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. Wu has reported for several television networks in the U.S. including HLN and Bloomberg TV, and has covered numerous national and international events including the global financial crisis, the 2004 Presidential Election and the devastating tsunami in Thailand that same year. In 2007, she broke the story of the then candidate Barack Obama receiving Secret Service protection, the earliest that a candidate has ever been put under Secret Service protection.