Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer hosts CNBC’s Mad Money, cohosts Squawk on the Street and leads the CNBC Investing Club, sharing stock market commentary, CEO interviews and investing lessons.
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- Born
- October 19, 1955, in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania
- Work
- Financial broadcaster, investing author and former hedge fund manager
- Education
- Harvard College and Harvard Law School
- Online roots
- Cofounded TheStreet in 1996
- TV milestone
- Mad Money premiered on CNBC in 2005
Mini bio
The reporter before the investor.
Before the stock screens and TV cameras, Cramer worked in newspapers. He led The Harvard Crimson as president and editor-in-chief, then reported for the Tallahassee Democrat and Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He later earned a law degree at Harvard and worked at Goldman Sachs before starting his own hedge fund.
Taking Wall Street online.
Cramer cofounded TheStreet in 1996, bringing market reporting and commentary to the web. His books opened another route into his work: Confessions of a Street Addict tells his Wall Street story, while Real Money lays out his approach to researching stocks and managing a portfolio.
The Mad Money years.
Mad Money began on CNBC in 2005. Its Lightning Round gives callers a chance to ask for his take on individual stocks, alongside market commentary and executive interviews. He also cohosts Squawk on the Street and leads the CNBC Investing Club. In 2025, he marked the show’s twentieth anniversary and published How to Make Money in Any Market.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025How to Make Money in Any MarketAuthor and audiobook narrator
- 2005Jim Cramer’s Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane WorldAuthor
- 2002Confessions of a Street AddictAuthor
Awards
Quotes
I don’t care how much or little you have, it’s time to put those savings to work the right way.Jim Cramer, Simon & Schuster book announcement
In the April 22, 2025 announcement of How to Make Money in Any Market, Cramer explained his aim to reach investors with different amounts to save.
Trivia
- He was president and editor-in-chief of The Harvard Crimson before his Wall Street career.
- In an excerpt from Real Money, he wrote that he kept his first Tallahassee Democrat pay stub in his wallet.
- In 2013, he recalled having newspapers from dozens of towns delivered to his hedge fund to read their local business coverage.
- He narrated the audiobook of How to Make Money in Any Market.
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