JJ Ramberg

JJ Ramberg
J. J. Ramberg in 2012
Born	Jennifer Jill Ramberg
Nationality	American
Education	Duke University (B.A.) Stanford Business School (M.B.A.)
Occupation	Television news host
Spouse	Scott Glass
Children	3

Jennifer Jill "JJ" Ramberg is an entrepreneur, author, and television news host. She previously hosted MSNBC's weekend business program Your Business,[1] which aired Sunday mornings at 7:30 ET with repeats on the following Saturday at 5:30 a.m.

Biography

Ramberg was born to a Jewish family[2] the daughter of Constance "Connie" (née Rudow) and Max Ramberg.[3] She is a third-generation entrepreneur, with her paternal grandfather immigrating to the United States from Mexico first working as a peddler of pots and pans before opening a furniture store, a storage business, a document storage business, and a real estate firm; her father expanded the businesses.[4] Her maternal grandfather founded numerous companies including a tropical fish company, a tire distribution company, and was the first person to bring frozen pizza to California.[4] In 1988, her mother and brother, Ken, founded JOBTRAK, a job listing and resume database for college students, which they sold to Monster.com in 2000.[4][5]

In 1992, Ramberg graduated cum laude from Duke University with a bachelor of arts degree in English. She graduated with an MBA from Stanford Business School. In November 2005, Ramberg and her brother Ken founded the charitable search engine GoodSearch.[4]

Ramberg began her television career at NBC News, where she was an associate producer for Dateline NBC. Ramberg next joined CNN as a business reporter, covering the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She also hosted the daytime talk program The Flipside on CNNfn.[1] In 2006, Ramberg moved to MSNBC and began hosting Your Business. The program aired its last episode in December 2018, one month after Ramberg announced her departure.[6] Concurrent with her tenure at MSNBC, she hosted the podcast Been There Built That.[7]

Personal life

Ramberg is married to architect Scott Glass; the couple lives in Brooklyn[8][9] with their three children.[10]

Works

• Ramberg, JJ; Everson, Lisa; Silverstein, Fred (2012). It's Your Business: 183 Essential Tips that Will Transform Your Small Business. Business Plus. ISBN 978-1-455-50900-3.

References

1. "JJ Ramberg". MSNBC. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
2. "Jewish Women International honors ten Women to Watch, exceptional Jewish women leaders from across the United States - JJ Ramberg speaks at JWI's 2009 Women to Watch gala event". Jewish Women International. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
3. Erika, Rasmusson Janes (October 10, 2016). "Give to charity just by searching the Web An Internet search engine aims to make philanthropy as easy as surfing the Web". CNN Money.
4. Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business — Statement of J.J. Ramberg (PDF) (Report). May 11, 2016. p. 32. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
5. "Interview with Ken Ramberg, Founder, GoodSearch.com". Socaltech. January 23, 2006. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007.
6. Haring, Bruce (November 6, 2018). "MSNBC Ends 'Your Business' As Host J.J. Ramberg Departs At End Of Year". Deadline.
7. "Been There. Built That". Chartable. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
8. ""Your Business" is JJ Ramberg's Business". Home Business Magazine. January 13, 2013.
9. Lauren, DeCarlo (February 5, 2015). "The Guaranteed-to-Be-Great Vacation". Conde Naste Traveler.
10. Daskal, Lolly (June 19, 2017). "This Brother and Sister Team Will Make You Feel Good About Spending Money Online". Inc.

External links

• Media related to JJ Ramberg at Wikimedia Commons