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David Faber (journalist)

David H. Faber (/ˈfbər/; born March 10, 1964) is an American financial journalist and market news analyst for the television cable network CNBC. He is currently one of the co-hosts of CNBC's morning show Squawk on the Street.

For other people named David Faber, see David Faber (disambiguation).

David Faber

(1964-03-10) March 10, 1964

Business journalist

Jenny Harris (m. 2000)

Career[edit]

Faber joined CNBC in 1993 after seven years at Institutional Investor. He has been dubbed "The Brain" by CNBC co-workers, and has hosted several documentaries on corporations, such as Wal-Mart and eBay. The Age of Walmart earned Faber a 2005 Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism.[1] In 2010, he shared the Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise business journalism for "House of Cards."[2] On Wednesday, September 17, 2023, Faber celebrated working 30 years at CNBC [3]


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]


Faber served as a guest host on Jeopardy! from August 2–6, 2021.[4] Faber was the champion of Celebrity Jeopardy! in 2012.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Faber is Jewish and was raised in Queens, New York.[6] He is a 1985 cum laude graduate of Tufts University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[1][7]


In 2000, Faber married Jenny Harris,[8] who is a business journalist and television producer. She is the daughter of lawyer Jay Harris (Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood) and As the World Turns actress Marie Masters and fraternal twin sister of musician Jesse Harris.[9]

New Yorkers in journalism

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David Faber Biography

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David Faber