Jon Fortt Biography
Jon Fortt is an American journalist who co-anchors CNBC’s Squawk Alley program, which is broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange.
How old is Jon Fortt? – Age
He is 44 years old as of 12 December 2020. He was born in 1976 in Long Island, New York, United States.
Jon Fortt Family
He is the son of John Fortt and Annette Fortt. His father worked as an architect before becoming a United Church of Christ minister, and his mother is a Pratt Institute-trained artist and teacher.
Jon Fortt Wife
Fortt is married to Gina Chung Fortt. Gina is self-employed and works as a reading specialist. She has 14 years of experience as an elementary school teacher, including 5 years as a reading specialist.
Jon Fortt Education
In the 1993-94 school year, as president of the Student Government Association, he was one of the students who organized protests for a new school in the current location, then known as the Kay tract. He was awarded the Knight-Ridder Minority Journalism Scholarship in his senior year. He was a member of the Media Fellows honors program at DePauw University. He became editor of The DePauw student newspaper while there. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English writing.
Jon Fortt Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $6 million.
Jon Fortt Career
He previously co-hosted CNBC’s “Squawk Alley” and worked as an on-air editor at the company’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. In July 2010, N.J. Fortt joined CNBC as a technology correspondent, reporting from the Silicon Valley bureau on the companies, start-ups, and trends that are driving industry innovation.
Fortt Knox is a digital show that he launched in 2016 and features in-depth 1:1 interviews with founders, CEOs, and innovators. He launched The Black Experience in America: The Course in 2020 as an online resource for learning about history and culture. Fortt joined CNBC from Fortune magazine, where he worked as a senior writer covering large technology companies like Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft, as well as trends like cloud computing and the smartphone revolution.
Fortt worked as a senior editor at Business 2.0 magazine, where he produced the “What Works” section, before joining Fortune in 2007. Fortt worked at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley’s hometown newspaper, from 1999 to 2006. He was a part of several projects that were recognized by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.