James J. Cramer - Books
James J. "Jim" Cramer (b. February 10, 1954 (age
53), Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania) is a American TV personality
of CNBC's Mad Money, best-selling author, and former hedge
fund manager.
Cramer is the current host of CNBC's Mad Money and director
of TheStreet.com. Until recently, he also hosted the Westwood
One/CBS Radio radio show Real Money with Jim Cramer.
Jim Cramer grew up in the town of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania,
outside Philadelphia. Cramer graduated magna cum laude from
Harvard College in 1977. After university, he worked as a
journalist at the Tallahassee Democrat and later the Los Angeles
Herald Examiner. He went back to school to get a Juris Doctor
degree from Harvard Law School and, after graduating in 1984,
went to work in Goldman Sachs' Sales & Trading department,
the beginning of a career on Wall Street.
In 1987, Cramer founded his own hedge fund company, Cramer
& Co. In 1996 Cramer co-founded TheStreet.com with The
New Republic editor Martin Peretz, one of his hedge fund's
original clients. James Cramer is currently the Markets Commentator
and Advisor to the TheStreet.com, and its largest shareholder.
As a popular guest commentator on CNBC in the late 1990s,
Cramer went on to co-host CNBC shows America Now and Kudlow
& Cramer with Lawrence Kudlow. Jim now hosts his own television
show on CNBC, Mad Money with Jim Cramer, which offers rapid-fire
delivery opinions on stocks requested by callers. Mad Money
is known for its over-the-top antics such as Jim throwing
his chair across the studio before the Lightning Round, showing
his latest book whenever a caller mentions it, use of humorous
sound effects, and for the catch-phrase "Booyah".
Mad Money was an instant ratings success and is one of CNBC's
most popular shows.
Cramer also hosted a radio show, "Jim Cramer's Real
Money," until December 2006. The show was similar but
slightly more laid-back in style to his Mad Money TV show.
The January 27, 2006 episode of High Net Worth on CNBC, Cramer
has a net worth of over $100 million.
