Richard Lui

Richard Lui is an American journalist and dayside news anchor for MSNBC. Lui is also a rotating news anchor for NBC's weekend Today show and contributes reports for NBC News Investigations Unit and NBC Weekend Nightly News. He's based at NBC's offices at 30 Rockefeller Center.

Before joining MSNBC, Lui was a news anchor for five years at CNN Worldwide. He also solo-anchored the 10 am edition of Morning Express and led morning political reporting during the 2008 Presidential election as a show member of Morning Express with Robin Meade. When Lui joined CNN Headline News in 2007 he became the first Asian American male to anchor a daily, national cable news show in the U.S. Mediaite has ranked Lui #101 in News Buzz on its Power Grid Influence Index of TV Anchors and Hosts.

Before journalism, Lui spent 15 years in business with Fortune 500 and technology companies. This included work at Oliver Wyman, and patenting and launching the first bank-centric payment system in a Citibank carve-out he founded with fellow University of Michigan MBA alumni.

Lui has been active in community leadership for 25 years in Africa, Asia, and the U.S. He leads pro bono strategy consulting teams and is a board member for non-profits in homeless and affordable housing. Lui speaks frequently, including events for the U.S. State Department, Harvard, and the Aspen Institute.

A first generation American, Lui has a twist in his background — Wong is his real last name, part of an immigration wrinkle because his grandfather, an illegal immigrant, filed false "Paper Sons" papers.

Lui graduated from UC Berkeley, earned an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and is currently enrolled at Stanford University in its postgraduate program on International Security.

Lui has worked, lived, and studied in Europe, Asia, and the U.S, where he currently resides.