- CNBC news anchor. Came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with the Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.
- Has a daughter, Blake Kernen, born in 2000.
- Grew up in the Western Hills of Cincinnati, graduating from St. Xavier High School in 1974. He holds a bachelor's 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.
- His wife, Penelope Scott, was a commodities trader from Short Hills, New Jersey. They met when she joined CNBC in 1996 and were married in 1998 on a golf course.
- Has a Scottish terrier named Scott (born March 15, 2002).
- Son of Joe Blake Kernen.
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