In 2025, she was invited by the New York Stock Exchange to ring the Opening Bell (June 4). She was also the only U.S. journalist invited by Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to speak at the inaugural WAVES summit, convening key business leaders from across the globe. Other awards include being named to the Gold 100 Most Impactful Leaders Shaping Culture (2026), the Ellis Island Honors Society with their annual Beacon Award, for her outstanding commitment to serving the country professionally, culturally and civically.   Maneet holds the unique distinction of being the only journalist at Forbes to also be an alumnus of the celebrated Forbes Under 30 list for media. She has written several major cover stories for Forbes and interviewed some of the world's most powerful and influential leaders ranging from former U.S. president Bill Clinton to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Melinda French Gates to financial titans and investment legends like JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Citadel Founder & CEO Ken Griffin, Mellody Hobson, Marc Andreessen & former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg, among many others. Her track record also includes interviews with some of the most powerful leaders in business, policy, sports, media and entertainment—from Serena Williams, to Sir David Beckham, MBE Lewis Hamilton, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and more.   She is also a highly sought-after speaker at global events such as the World Economic Forum at Davos, Milken Global Forum in Los Angeles & Singapore, Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, SXSW and more.


Before joining Forbes, Maneet was awarded the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship at Columbia Journalism School. During her fellowship year she also served as the Host of Spotify’s Megatrends podcast, covering the biggest global trends of the era. Previously, she had over a decade-long tenure at CNBC, where she worked on major investigations such as Lehman Brothers’ collapse during the financial crisis and Herbalife. While at CNBC, she launched coverage on hedge funds and alternatives, subsequently creating Delivering Alpha, the network’s flagship annual Wall Street summit. This work led to her acclaimed book, The Alpha Masters, which sold over 30,000 copies and was published in five languages. Her second book project, The Techtonics, was shortlisted for the 2019 Financial Times Bracken Bower Prize.   

Prior to CNBC, Maneet was a part of the Wall Street Journal’s Money & Investing team and began her career on Wall Street at the age of seventeen working at Citigroup—which is where she earned the nickname “Wall Street Maneet.”