JJ Ramberg

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.

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

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.