Morgenson is a business columnist for the Times and the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer for her coverage of Wall Street scandals.

A Pennsylvania native, Morgenson graduated from St. Olaf College in 1976. She began her career in journalism at an unusual place for a budding financial reporter: Vogue. She started as an editorial assistant and gradually moved her way up to a financial columnist, which inspired her to co-author the book The Woman's Guide to the Stock Market. She eventually found herself in the stock market with Dean Witter Reynolds, but quickly found her way back to journalism, writing for Money and Forbes and even working as an executive editor at Worth magazine. After taking on the job of press secretary for Steve Forbes' presidential campaign, Morgenson settled in at the New York Times. Her most noteworthy accomplishment with the Times came in 2002 with her Pulitzer Prize win, and in 2009 The Nation even dubbed her "The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation." [Image via Getty]