Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer | |
|---|---|
Cramer in 2021 | |
| Born | James Joseph Cramer February 10, 1955 |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, JD) |
| Occupations | Television personality, author, entertainer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Known for | Hosting Mad Money Co-founder of TheStreet CNBC anchor |
| Spouses | Karen Backfisch
(m. 1988–2009)Lisa Cadette Detwiler
(m. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
James Joseph Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, author, entertainer and former hedge fund manager. He is the host of Mad Money on CNBC and an anchor on Squawk on the Street. After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he worked for Goldman Sachs and then became a hedge fund manager, founder and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz. He co-founded TheStreet, which he wrote for from 1996 to 2021. Cramer hosted Kudlow & Cramer from 2002 to 2005. Mad Money with Jim Cramer first aired on CNBC in 2005. Cramer has written several books, including Confessions of a Street Addict (2002), Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World (2005), Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich (2006), Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully (2013), and How to Make Money in Any Market (2025).