Jim Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is a prominent American television personality and former hedge fund manager, best known as the energetic host of CNBC's Mad Money and co-anchor of Squawk on the Street. After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he worked as a journalist—even covering the Ted Bundy murders for the Tallahassee Democrat—before joining Goldman Sachs in 1984. In 1987, he founded the successful hedge fund Cramer Berkowitz, with early investors including future New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Cramer co-founded the financial website TheStreet in 1996 and later launched his signature show Mad Money on CNBC in 2005, following his earlier stint on Kudlow & Cramer. A prolific author, he has written several bestsellers like Confessions of a Street Addict and Jim Cramer's Real Money. Interestingly, his passion for stocks began early—he started studying the market in the fourth grade and sold ice cream at Philadelphia Phillies games as a teenager.