- At 11, sold ice cream at the baseball stadium to make money.
- Former broker at Goldman Sachs.
- Co-founder and shareholder of TheStreet.com.
- Co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk on the Street (2005) [2011].
- Release of his book, "Confessions of a Street Addict". (2002)
- Release of the book, "Trading with the Enemy: Seduction and Betrayal on Jim Cramer's Wall Street" by Nicholas W. Maier. (2002)
- Release of his book, "You Got Screwed!: Why Wall Street Tanked and How You Can Prosper. (2002)
- Release of his book, "Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World". (2005)
- Release of his book, "Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich" by Jim and Cliff Mason. (2006)
- Release of his book, "Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)" by James Cramer and Cliff Mason. (2007)
- Won a scholarship to Harvard where he edited the student newspaper the Crimson.
- Father was a gift-wrap salesman.
- Graduated from Harvard Law School where he spent more time watching the Financial News Network and investing in stocks.
- After graduating from Harvard he worked for Congressional Quarterly, the Tallahassee Democrat, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and American Lawyer.
- In 1987 he quit Goldman Sachs to co-found the hedge fund Cramer, Berkowitz & Co. Between 1988 and 1996 the fund made an annual return of 22 percent compared to 15 percent for the S&P 500.
- While running his hedge fund he wrote financial columns for GQ, New York, Worth and Smart Money.
- Son of Ken Kramer.
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