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Rahel Solomon is a Sudanese-American television journalist. She currently hosts Early Start on CNN. [1] She also serves on CNN as a business reporter. [1]
Solomon was born in Sudan to parents of Ethiopian origin. [1] Solomon has lived in various places, including West Virginia, Colorado, France, Spain and Italy, where she resided while partaking in a study-abroad program. [1] She has lived most of her life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]
She attended St. John's University in Queens, New York City, which she graduated from in 2010. [1]
From 2017 to 2019, Solomon was the morning anchor for CBS-3 Philadelphia. [1] She would leave the station to become a reporter for CNBC. [1] In April 2022, Solomon joined CNN. [1]
On July 13, 2024, Solomon married Philadelphia-based lawyer Marcel S. Pratt at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [1]
She regards herself as an "on-again, off again" long-distance runner, stating that "I've done a half marathon, a full marathon and multiple 10-milers", and that, "When I'm in the swing of it, I love long distance runs". [1]