Becky Quick: Warren Buffett's Biggest Lessons, CNBC, and Finding Purpose Through Adversity
6/16/202648 min
Powerhouse of business journalism and co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Becky Quick, joins Wilf straight from live morning TV to break down a massive, fast-moving moment in the markets and share rare, deeply personal insights into both her career and family life.
Over 20+ years Becky, who is Wilf’s former colleague and great friend, has become well known for her access to, and interviews with, legendary investor Warren Buffett. She shares what she has learned from her two-decade relationship interviewing and building trust with him, including the true source of his investing genius - unwavering patience, an extraordinary mathematical mind, and the complete absence of FOMO (fear of missing out).
The discussion begins on current market movements, including Becky’s latest headline takes on the factors affecting markets, and why she is optimistic that the newly announced 60-day US-Iran peace framework can hold. She cautions that President Trump is less concerned about the upcoming mid-term elections in November than markets think and will prioritise his legacy in the Middle East if he has to end the ceasefire.
Wilf and Becky also unpack the frenetic retail demand behind the historic SpaceX IPO, drawing parallels to the dot-com boom of the late 1990s while examining the timeless advice of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger: never bet against Elon Musk.
Finally, the conversation turns to a deeply moving discussion about CNBC Cures, a powerful initiative Becky launched following her daughter Kaylee’s diagnosis with Syngap1, an incredibly rare genetic disease. Becky opens up about the isolation of navigating a rare diagnosis and how she is using CNBC's global platform to connect families, mobilize investors, and bridge the gap between laboratory science and life-altering treatments.
You can watch Becky’s documentary here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SD8-YcQdb4&feature=youtu.be
And read more about the CBNC Cures initiative here - https://www.cnbc.com/cures/
Recorded Monday 15th June 2026
0:00 Intro
3:00 US-Iran peace deal
5:57 Iran over Mid-Terms for Trump
8:09 Buffett - don’t bet against Elon Musk
9:45 Déjà vu of late 1990s?
12:40 CNBC’s role – financial education
16:50 21 Years of Squawk Box
20:07 Purity of the markets
22:16 Lessons from Warren Buffett
26:05 Buffett’s secret – patience
30:07 CNBC Cures
40:20 Loneliness of rare disease
44:48 Investing, career and life advice
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First 90 secondsBecky Quick· Guest0:00
To me, our job is to educate people about what happens when you have the law of compound interest working for you. I mean, that's something Warren Buffett has taught me. It's something that goes all the way back to Benjamin Franklin. If you are putting a little bit of money aside, you don't have to make yourself super uncomfortable to do it. You can just bet on the S&P 500 and just bet on American business writ large, and you will have a decent retirement if you do that and allow that runway. If you don't buy every single thing you want right now, maybe sacrifice a little now, just a little, that can really pay off and make sure that you have a safe place to be at the end of the day. I talk to him multiple times every week, and, and we've built up a friendship. And for Warren, you know, he's just exactly what you see is what you get. He is authentic. He means it. He doesn't care about the money other than that he's giving it all away. He's still living in the h- same house he bought back in the 1950s. He's not using money other... the way... the same way a lot of other people do. It, it kind of reminds me of Elon Musk, who might be sleeping on the factory floor while he's got all this money. You know?
Wilfred Frost· Host1:05
Mm-hmm.
Becky Quick· Guest1:05
He's focused on the work that he's doing.
Wilfred Frost· Host1:07
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