ahuja joined cnbc in 2008, and the following year she was awarded the network's enterprise award for her coverage of the hedge fund industry. ahuja's work on cnbc's "squawk box" includes the first on-air appearance made by ray dalio, founder and cio of the world's largest hedge fund bridgewater associates and david tepper—hedge fund manager and the founder of appaloosa management, coverage of david einhorn's warning call before the collapse of lehman brothers, and john paulson's communication to investors following an sec investigation into the goldman sachs "abacus" deals. she has also covered the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. in december 2012, ahuja and cnbc colleague, kate kelly, made the first report that bill ackman, manager of pershing square capital management, had a short position on herbalife, a multi-level marketing company that sells health care products, and considered their business model to be a pyramid scheme.