Thomas–Graham won the award for being the student "showing the greatest promise" in her graduating class. While at Radcliffe she received the Captain Jonathan Fay prize, which is the highest annual honor bestowed by Radcliffe. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard–Radcliffe College with a B.A. But when she entered college she became interested in economics and business, which would eventually result in her simultaneously attaining a business degree and law degree. Thomas–Graham initially went to Harvard to become a lawyer.
She also became the first graduate of Lutheran High to go to Harvard University. Her peers at Detroit's Lutheran High School West named her as the "smartest" and "most likely to succeed." During high school, Thomas–Graham, who liked to sing and dance, was active in the drama club and school choir. To reach as high as she could go and Thomas–Graham did not disappoint. Her parents were also firm believers in the benefits of a good education. While growing up in Detroit in the 1970s, Thomas–Graham looked up to civil rights leaders like Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. Thomas–Graham's parents were deeply inspired by the civil rights movement of the 1960s and they in turn influenced Thomas–Graham's own values. Her mother was a social worker from Georgia and her father an engineer from South Carolina. Pamela Thomas–Graham was born in 1963 in Detroit, Michigan. When she assumed her position with CNBC, she became the highest–ranking woman executive heading a division at NBC. In addition, she serves on the board of charities such as the Red Cross and the Metropolitan Opera. Her three mystery novels have been published by Simon and Schuster.
On top of all of her executive duties Thomas–Graham found the time to become a popular author. When she was 32–years–old she became the first African–American woman to become a partner in that organization. Prior to that she worked for 10 years at McKinsey and Company, a prestigious management consulting firm in New York City. She is also executive vice president of NBC.
In July 2001 she was named president and CEO of CNBC, the Internet branch of the financial news channel. A graduate of Harvard with three degrees, Pamela Thomas–Graham has often been described as a super–achiever.
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