Jim Cramer

Birth Name:

James J. Cramer

Birth Place:

Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actor, Director

Graduated from Harvard University, which he attended on scholarship, in 1977
He earned a law degree from Harvard University with the intent of becoming a prosecutor, but instead he began a summer program at Goldman Sachs on the day after his bar exam in 1984
His first job was as a general reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, where he gained notoriety for being the first to cover the Ted Bundy murders, which happened only a couple of blocks from where he lived
Was obsessed with the stock market from a young age, but hid his talent for picking profitable stocks because his father wasn't very good at playing the market
Best known as the host of the Wall Street investing show "Mad Money․"
Co-founder of TheStreet․com, a website dedicated to stock quotes and investor predictions
Founder and former owner and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz, from which he retired in 2001 with one of the best records in the investment business
Has authored five books about the stock market and the economy, as well as an autobiography
He played himself in the 2008 film "Iron Man" and a 2013 episode of "Arrested Development," and also appeared as a newscaster in the 2010 film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps․"
He uses a variety of sound effects on his show "Mad Money" and answers viewers' phone calls with the catchphrase "Booyah," leading Dan Rather to call him "the Jerry Lewis of business-show hosts․"

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