Role modelWith her pioneering role, Bartiromo said she has heard from many women who say she inspired them or their daughters to go into finance. But the anchor is especially proud of her ability to glean information from her sources at big investment firms and pass it along to the TV audience. “Viewers had that research at the same time that the big guys who paid a lot of money for it,” she said. “I feel like I helped level the playing field for the individual investor.”