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David Faber Born March 10, 1964 Occupation Business journalist Spouse(s) Jenny Harris Notable credit(s) Squawk on the Street Official website David H. Faber (born March 10, 1964) is a financial journalist and market news analyst for the television cable network CNBC. He is currently the co-host of CNBC's The Strategy Session, and appears on the show Squawk on the Street.
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Career
Faber joined CNBC in 1993 after seven years at Institutional Investor. He has been dubbed "The Brain" by CNBC co-workers. He has hosted several documentaries on corporations such as Wal-Mart and eBay; the Wal-Mart piece, The Age of Walmart, earned Faber a 2005 Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism.[1]
In 2001, Faber was considered to be a strong contender for the co-anchor chair of CNN's then-popular Moneyline.[2]
In addition to Squawk on the Street, Faber hosts the network's monthly program, Business Nation, which debuted on January 24, 2007.
Faber is the author of three books; The Faber Report (2002), And Then the Roof Caved In (2009), and House of Cards: The Origins of the Collapse (2010).[1]
Personal life
Faber is the son of businesswoman Belle B. Faber and lawyer Norman L. Faber, and married Jenny Harris in 2000.[3] Jenny is a business journalist and television producer and is the daughter of lawyer Jay Harris (Hall Dickler Kent Friedman & Wood) and As The World Turns actress Marie Masters, and the fraternal twin sister of musician Jesse Harris.[4] He is a 1985 graduate cum laude of Tufts University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[1][5]
Host shows
- Business Nation (2007-01-24-present)
- Bull Session (1997(?))
References
- ^ a b c "CNBC TV Profiles: David Faber CNBC Anchor and Reporter". CNBC.com. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838155/.
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim (April 9, 2001). "MediaTalk; Lou Dobbs May Yet Help Out 'Moneyline'". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DC113EF93AA35757C0A9679C8B63&scp=823&sq=CNBC&st=nyt.
- ^ "WEDDINGS; David Faber and Jenny Harris". The New York Times. January 16, 2000.
- ^ "Marie Masters". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/marie-masters/person/27804/biography.html?tag=content_wrap;cast_crew_list.
- ^ "The Thrill of the Chase". E-News (Tufts University). June 11, 2007. http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/57/2007/06/11/TheThrilloftheChase.
External links
- David Faber Biography. - CNBC TV Profiles. - CNBC.com.
Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- Trinity School (New York City) alumni
- Tufts University alumni
- Gerald Loeb Award winners
- Television biography stubs
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