maneet ahuja (born 1984) is an american author, journalist, television news producer, and hedge fund specialist. she is a producer of cnbc's morning business news program, "squawk box". her 2012 book, "the alpha masters: unlocking the genius of the world's top hedge funds", was published by john wiley & sons and nominated for an ft / goldman sachs book of the year award. "forbes" named her to their "30 under 30" list of media figures for 2012. ahuja has also produced a number of business events including cnbc's delivering alpha conference, a hedge fund summit that she created and co-developed. ahuja serves on the council of advocates for mt. sinai hospital and is on the united nations commission on the status of women. her next book is the techtonics.