Jim Cramer, a Wyndmoor native and well-known investment analyst, is host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” and co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street”.

According to Britannica.com, he first became interested in the stock market as a child when he began memorizing corporate stock symbols and organized an imaginary portfolio.

He graduated from Springfield Township High School in 1973, and in 1977 he graduated from Harvard University, where he had served as editor in chief of the student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, during his senior year. 

Cramer is also a former hedge fund manager and founder/owner and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz. His compounded rate of return was 24 percent after all fees for 14 years at Cramer Berkowitz. He retired from his hedge fund in 2001, where he finished with one of the best records in the business, including having 36 percent-plus year in 2000.

He is the best-selling author of “Jim Cramer’s Get Rich Carefully,” “Jim Cramer’s Getting Back to Even,” “Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich,” “Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich,” “Jim Cramer’s RealMoney” and “Confessions of a Street Addict.“

In 2021, he bought a house in Quakertown after living for decades in New York.

“I like Pennsylvania more than I like New York,” Cramer told the Philadelphia Business Journal. “I just love it.”

You can watch his 2024 investment playbook below:

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