Joe Kernen
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Early life and education
Kernen grew up in Western Hills, Cincinnati and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1974.[2] He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and a master's degree in molecular biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his Master's thesis was on cancer.[3]
Career
Kernen came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.
In 1995, he became the co-host of Squawk Box.[2]
Controversies
Imitation of Indian accent
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Personal life
Kernen is married to Penelope Scott Kernen, a former commodities trader from Short Hills, New Jersey.[6] They met after she joined CNBC in 1996 and were married in 1998 on a golf course.
His nicknames are "The Kahuna" and "The Hair".[7]
Bibliography
Kernen authored Your Teacher Said What?!: Defending Our Kids from the Liberal Assault on Capitalism, (2011) with his then 5th grade daughter Blake.
See also
References
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- Living people
- St. Xavier High School (Ohio) alumni
- University of Colorado Boulder alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
- Television personalities from Cincinnati
- American television news anchors
- American stockbrokers
- CNBC people
- Writers from Ohio
- American business and financial journalists