Brenda Buttner has been a celebrity on-the-screen reporter and television show host. Brenda Buttner was raised in Watsonville, California. Brenda Buttner had one male sibling, whose name is Phil Buttner, that’s not famous as his sister Brenda was. Besides loving journalism and news anchoring, Brenda was an avid fan of motorcycles from her early childhood. Brenda especially loved riding cross-country motorcycles. Her love for motorcycles brought her to become the first chief editor woman of a major motorcycle magazine, “Cycle World”. Brenda was also known as Brenda Adkins Buttner, and she was the mom of the young actress Rebecca Adkins, and of Rachel Adkins.

Brenda Buttner was a well-educated woman. She first attended a private elementary school in Watsonville, California. After completing her primary education, Brenda Buttner also attended a high school in Watsonville. Once she completed her high school education, Brenda enrolled in the prestigious Harvard University, from where she graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree (B.A) in Social Studies. After completing her education at the well-known Harvard University, Brenda Buttner spent two more years as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, a part of the University of Oxford, in England. She graduated magna cum laude from the Balliol College with a degree in politics and economics.

Brenda Buttner started her career after completing her college education. She became a reporter for KCRL-TV, located in Reno, Nevada. At that time, she also became the first woman in the world to become a chief editor of the motorcycle magazine Cycle World. She was also the reporter-on-the-spot for television show produced by CNBC “The Money Club”, and she served as a Washington correspondent from 1990 to 1993 and general correspondent from 1995 to 1998 for the cable outlet. She then worked on The Fox News Channel as a senior business correspondent, and as the host on weekdays of the television show “Bulls & Bears”. She also frequently contributed to “Your World with Neil Cavuto”. Her education and talent for journalism acquired her an estimated net worth of $3 million (she didn’t like to flaunt her possessions, and she never revealed her actual net worth).

Brenda Buttner did speak in 1997 about the female investing attribute when she was the host of the television show The Money Club on CNBC network on weekdays. She said:

"Women are not afraid to simply admit they don't know about something, which men rarely do, so women realize there is no such thing as a stupid question when it comes to understanding an investment."