| Joe Kernen | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Colorado at Boulder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | TV news anchor |
| Other names | The Kahuna |
| Spouse(s) | Penelope Kernen (nee Scott) |
| Official website | |
Joe Kernen (born January 6, 1956) is a CNBC news anchor. He is currently co-host of CNBC’s "Squawk Box". His nickname is "The Kahuna".[1]
Kernen came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.
Kernen grew up in the Western Hills section of Cincinnati, graduating from St. Xavier High School in 1974.[2] He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in molecular biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on cancer research.
He is married to Penelope Scott, a former commodities trader from Short Hills, New Jersey. They met after she joined CNBC in 1996, and were married in 1998 on a golf course.[1] Kernen had an emergency appendectomy late on Aug. 5, 2010.