David Faber Speaker Biography
Award-Winning Journalist; Co-Anchor, “Squawk on the Street”, CNBC
The face of business morning news on CNBC, David Faber co-hosts the network’s signature show Squawk on the Street. The investigative journalist has been the first to report on several of the top financial stories of the century including the WorldCom scandal, the bail out of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management, and numerous takeovers.
CNBC
An Emmy, Peabody, and Dupont award winner, David Faber has anchored and co-produced several of CNBC′s acclaimed original documentaries and long-form programming as well as a co-anchor of CNBC′s Squawk on the Street. During his 20-year-plus tenure at CNBC, Faber has become a cornerstone of the network. Known for his unique journalistic style, which has been described as a “calm demeanor with an underlying sense of urgency,” he specializes in breaking stories, interviewing corporate titans such as Rupert Murdoch, and producing economically relevant documentaries, including The Age of Wal-Mart, which won him a Peabody and DuPont Award.
Books
Faber’s most recent book And Then the Roof Caved In examines the real causes of the 2008 Financial Crisis through an extensive collection of primary sources who give insider accounts of decisions and actions that led up to the economic downfall. David′s other book, The Faber Report, was published by Little, Brown in Spring 2002.
Faber Report
During the day, Faber breaks news and provides in-depth analysis on a range of business topics during the Faber Report. In his 14 years at CNBC, Faber has broken many big financial stories including the massive fraud at WorldCom, the bailout of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management, and Rupert Murdoch′s unsolicited bid for Dow Jones.
Business Nation
Previously, Faber was also the chief correspondent for CNBC′s Business Nation a monthly, one-hour newsmagazine, which featured the stories behind the business headlines. Business Nation was the first regularly scheduled newsmagazine to focus solely on the world of business. In December 2007, Business Nation received an Emmy for its piece, “Prescription….and Pay-offs,” and in December 2008 for, “Field of Dreams,” both reported by Faber.
Awards
In November 2006, Faber presented the two-hour, Emmy award-winning, original documentary Big Brother, Big Business, which investigated the increasing number of ways ordinary Americans are monitored and affected by the encroaching world of surveillance and how this covert spying has become big business. Big Brother, Big Business received an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic.
Faber received the two most prestigious awards in broadcast journalism in 2005 when CNBC′s two-hour documentary, The Age of Wal-Mart, garnered both a Peabody Award and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism. It was the first time CNBC won a Peabody Award or a DuPont Award.
Faber launched the network′s long-form, original documentaries in 2003 with the Maxwell Award-winning and Emmy-nominated The Big Heist: How AOL Took Time Warner. Faber followed The Big Heist with the acclaimed The Big Lie: Inside the Rise and Fraud of WorldCom. The Big Lie received a National Headliner Award and was used by the prosecution in the trial of WorldCom′s Former CEO Bernard Ebbers. Faber′s documentary The eBay Effect — Inside a Worldwide Obsession aired in June 2005.
Education
Faber joined CNBC in 1993 after seven years at Institutional Investor, where he covered corporate finance and global equity markets. He holds a bachelor′s degree in English from Tufts University.
David Faber Speaking Topics
Faber Reports: A look at Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
David Faber Books

And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street’s Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
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