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Canal promoted to senior editor at CNBC

October 29, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Emily Canal

Emily Canal has been promoted to senior editor at CNBC.

She has been a personal finance editor since December 2025.

Canal was previously a senior economy editor at Business Inside and was originally entrepreneurship editor and senior reporter covering entrepreneurship.

Canal previously wrote about business, entrepreneurs, food, technology, politics and “Shark Tank” for Inc. She also contributed to Inc.’s weekly podcast “Inc. Uncensored.” She has been at Inc. since February 2018.

She previously spent four years at Forbes magazine as a reporter and home page editor, writing articles about breaking news, politics and entertainment in addition to managing the homepage and producing a daily newsletter. She also worked at The Daily as a reporter covering national news.

Canal is a graduate of Emerson College.

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