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Joe Kernen is co-anchor of Squawk Box, (M-F, 6 -9 a.m. ET) CNBC�s signature morning program. Squawk Box is a fast paced, irreverent look at the world of Wall Street, and the longest running program on the network. Kernen is based in CNBC�s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Prior to his anchoring duties, Kernen was CNBC�s On-Air Stock Editor and was featured throughout the Business Day on CNBC.
Kernen came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a ten-year career as a stockbroker. After training at Merrill Lynch, he rose to the level of Vice-President at both EF Hutton and Smith Barney. Focusing on small-to-medium-sized corporations, Kernen managed corporate cash accounts and qualified retirement plans in addition to key employees� personal assets.
Kernen holds a Bachelor�s Degree from the University of Colorado in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Master�s Degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his graduate studies he worked at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, one of the world�s premier institutions. His work focused on mouse erythroleukemia cells, and resulted in a series of publications in well known scientific journals including CELL, Developmental Biology, and Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. | 