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<p>Joe Kernen is known as an American news anchor. He is most famous for being the co-host of CNBC's Squawk Box.</p>

<h2>Background and Age</h2>

<p>Joseph Richard Kernen was born on January 6, 1957, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kernen grew up in the Western Hills section of Cincinnati and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1974. His father’s name is Joe Blake Kernen. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.</p>

<p>Joseph earned his Masters Degree in Molecular Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kernen also earned a bachelor's degree in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. During his graduate studies, he worked at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, one of the world's most premier and highly regarded institutions. His research work mostly focused on mouse erythroleukemia cells and resulted in a series of publications in many well-known and popular scientific journals including <em>CELL</em>, <em>Developmental Biology,</em> and <em>Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology</em>.</p>

<h2>Career and Net Worth</h2>

<p>Stockbroker turned news anchor, Joe Kernen is a CNBC employee who joined the company as an in-studio financial reporter in its 1991 merger with the Financial News Network. Kernen is regarded as a veteran news anchor at CNBC. In 2005, Kernen was promoted to the role of CNBC's "Squawk Box" co-host after a significant revamp. Previously, he was an in-studio reporter for a financial market-analysis show in 1995. He is an ex-vice-president for reputed firms such as "EF Hutton" and "Smith Barney."</p>

<p>Before joining the Financial News Network, Kernen had earned valuable experience as a stockbroker for over 10 years. Joe earned the nickname, "The Kahuna" for his direct and audacious commenting techniques. However, such an approach has brought him controversies many times over the years. Sometimes, he gets criticized for being too right-wing. His most famous controversy was the "IFDA <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shanahan">head</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shanahan">Martin Shanahan</a> interview-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro">Euro</a> controversy" in 2014. In the interview, Kernen didn’t know about the use of EURO in Ireland. However, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shanahan">Shanahan</a> behaved humbly and did not make a big deal about it.</p>

<p>In addition to his on-screen career, he is also known as the author of a book. He has published a book named, "Your Teacher Said What?!: Defending Our Kids from the Liberal Assault on Capitalism." This book came out in 2011 and his then 5th grade daughter, Blake helped him write it. He had some acting roles in the movie Too Big To Fail (2011) and the popular reality TV series, The Apprentice (2004).</p>

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<h2>Marriage, Wife, and Kids</h2>

<p>Joe has been married to his longtime girlfriend turned wife since 1998 to Penelope Kernen, a former commodities trader, and ex-CNBC Squawk Box producer. They had a golf themed wedding ceremony on the 18th tee of the Four Seasons Kona Hualalai. The wedding wasn’t performed by a priest, but it was actually performed by a wise Hawaiian man whose words Joe could not understand. The couple has two children together named Blake and Scott.</p>

<p>Joe's wife, Penelope, bought her childhood home when it went up for sale because she couldn't stand the idea of driving past it knowing that someone else was living in it. About refurbishing it, she said, "We made sure we used everything from the house that we could. The leaded windows were all redone, and I found four pairs of original French doors in a closet in the basement and was able to use them in the wet bar gallery. We even used all the original brass doorknobs and hinges.”</p>

<p>Beyond refurbishing the old, the team also added 3,500-square-feet of new living space, including a cabana and a family room, a must for any nice household that includes two teenage children and three dogs. Because of this refurbishment, Joe now has his own man cave.</p>

<h2>Hobbies</h2>

<p>The personal interests of Joseph is listening to music as well as golf playing. His favorite indoor activity is playing the game of chess and he is also known as quite a good cook. He likes to cook all sorts of vegetables, meats, pastas, and dessert dishes. He loves to cook a big Sunday breakfast for his kids. His specialty is scrambled eggs, with French toast, sausage, and hash browns.</p>

<p>Joe Kernen is an avid golfer. He became a Baltusrol Club championship finalist. When he is not spending time with his lovely family or appearing on national TV shows, he likes to spent time golfing.</p>

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