Joe Kernen Bio, Age, Family, Husband, Education, Net Worth, CNBC Career

Joe Kernen Biography

Joe Kernen is a news anchor from the United States working as the co-anchor on CNBC’s signature morning show, “Squawk Box.” It’s the network’s longest-running show, and it’s a fast-paced, irreverent look at the world of Wall Street. Kernen is based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, at CNBC’s global headquarters.

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How old is Joe Kernen? – Age

He is 65 years old as of 6, January 2021. He was born Joseph Richard Kernen in 1956 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

Joe Kernen Family

She is the daughter of Joe Blake Kernen.

Joe Kernen Husband

She has been married to Penelope Scott Kernen, a former commodities trader since 1998. The couple met after she joined CNBC in 1996 and were married on a golf course. They have a daughter named Blake Kernen.

Joe Kernen Education

Kernen attended St. Xavier High School and graduated in 1974. He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and worked on cancer research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joe Kernen Net Worth

Kernen has an estimated net worth of $16 million and earns a $3 million annual salary.

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Is Joe Kernen still on CNBC? – Career

Kernen was CNBC’s On-Air Stock Editor prior to his anchoring duties, and he was featured on CNBC throughout the business day. Kernen joined CNBC after a 10-year career as a stockbroker with Financial News Network, which merged with CNBC in 1991. He rose to the position of vice-president at both EF Hutton and Smith Barney after receiving his training at Merrill Lynch. He specialized in small-to-medium-sized businesses, where he oversaw corporate cash accounts and qualified retirement plans, as well as the personal assets of key employees.

His research on mouse erythroleukemia cells led to publications in prestigious scientific journals such as CELL, Developmental Biology, and Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.

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The station is available on cable in standard definition on Comcast Xfinity’s Detroit city system, channel 9 on Xfinity’s South Oakland County system, channel 4 in other suburbs and outlying areas and on AT&T U-verse, and channel 5 on Cogeco’s Windsor system, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 232, Cogeco channel 714, and U-verse channel 1004.