Amanda Lang

Amanda Lang grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She studied Architecture at the University of Manitoba, before becoming a journalist. She is the senior business business correspondent for CBC News, contributing regularly to CBC News The National. She also anchors The Lang & O'Leary Exchange on CBC News Network, appearing with "dragon" Kevin O'Leary. Before joining CBC, Lang hosted Business News Network's SqueezePlay. She is veteran business journalist who got her start at The Globe and Mail before moving to the Financial Post, first as a technology reporter and later as the paper's New York correspondent in 1998. Amanda moved to CNN as a reporter and an anchor. In 2002 she was part of the team that helped launch Report on Business Television (BNN), Amanda covered U.S. markets from Manhattan. Lang is a frequent guest speaker on business and economics. She is married to Vince Borg, President of C3 Communications. They have two children and live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Amanda Lang and Vince Borg have since separated. She released her book, "The Power of Why" published by Collins Canada on October 9, 2012. The book shows how curiosity and the ability to ask the right questions fuels innovation and can drive change not just in business but also in our personal lives.