Joe Kernen

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education = University of Colorado at Boulder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
occupation = TV news anchor
alias = The Kahuna
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URL = http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838087/

Joe Kernen (born 1956) is a CNBC news anchor. He is currently co-host of CNBC’s "Squawk Box". His nicknames include "The Kahuna" [http://www.tlgolf.com/features/9911kahuna.html "Kahuna and the Brain", Robert Sullivan, T&L Golf Magazine, November 1999] ] .

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. [cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/living/1998/cnbc090398.html|title=Dow's swings boost CNBC|author=Greg Paeth|first=Greg|last=Paeth|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=1998-09-03|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20031130204456/http://www.cincypost.com/living/1998/cnbc090398.html|archivedate=2003-11-30] He holds a bachelor 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 the former 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.

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External links

* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838087/ Joe Kernen profile on CNBC.com]