Cramer was born in 1955 in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia), to Jewish parents, and is Jewish. Cramer's mother, Louise A. Cramer (1928–1985), was an artist. Cramer's father, N. Ken … See more

In 1977, Cramer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in government. While at Harvard, he was the president and editor-in-chief of The Harvard … See more

Goldman Sachs
In 1984, Cramer worked in sales and trading at New York investment bank Goldman Sachs See more

Fox News Channel lawsuit
In 2000, Cramer and TheStreet settled a lawsuit with Fox News Channel in which Fox had claimed Cramer had reneged on a deal to produce a show for Fox, and Cramer had counter-sued. The conflict began when Fox … See more

From 1988 to 2009, Cramer was married to Karen Backfisch, with whom he had two children. On April 18, 2015, Cramer married Lisa … See more

• Confessions of a Street Addict (2002) ISBN 0-7432-2487-6
• You Got Screwed! Why Wall Street Tanked and How You Can Prosper (2002) See more

• Broadcast journalism
• List of journalists in New York City See more