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| Born | Joseph Richard Kernen January 6, 1956 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | University of Colorado, Boulder (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Spouse | Penelope Scott |
| Children | 2 |
Joseph Richard Kernen [1] (born January 6, 1956) is an American news anchor who is the co-host of Squawk Box on CNBC.
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]
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]
On September 20 of 2013, Kernen imitated an Indian accent on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program while discussing banknotes from India and asked if the Indian rupee is accepted as currency at 7-Eleven stores. He later stated, "Last Friday, I made an inappropriate and insensitive remark on Squawk Box. I apologize for any offense it caused." [4] [5]
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]
Kernen authored Your Teacher Said What?!: Defending Our Kids from the Liberal Assault on Capitalism, (2011) with his then 5th grade daughter Blake.
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