Simon Hobbs
Simon Hobbs is a host on business news channel CNBC. He is from England. He is a co-presenter of Squawk on the Street. He also occasionally hosts Fast Money (CNBC).
Biography
Simon is best known for working for CNBC, and has been with the channel since 1998, but before joining CNBC he worked as a radio producer for Sky News, the BBC and Reuters.
CNBC Europe
Simon initially co-presented Squawk Box Europe and also presented Europe Today and its replacement Today's Business before moving in 2003 to hosting European Closing Bell and Europe Tonight. He also co-hosted Questions for the Future with Ross Westgate and towards the end of his time at CNBC Europe Simon presented an interview series called The Leaders.[1]
CNBC US
He then joined CNBC in America and was originally a stand-in presenter and for a while he filled in as co-host of Power Lunch before taking up co-anchoring duties in 2011 on Squawk on the Street where he co-hosts the programme's second hour.
Controversy
On June 27, 2014, during his CNBC program "Squawk on the Street," Hobbs inadvertently "outed" Apple CEO Tim Cook as gay. [2]