Jon Fortt

Jon Fortt is an American journalist and the co-anchor of CNBC's TechCheck broadcast (formerly Squawk Alley) who was born on born December 12, 1976 (45 years).
Fortt is also the creator and host of Fortt Knox, which is a technology, leadership and innovation brand that exists as a podcast  and streaming program since 2016 and now has changed home to Linkedin
Early Life.
Fortt was born on Island, in New York City. Later on the migrated to Washington D.C. In his senior year in School, Fortt won the Knight-Ridder Minority Journalism Scholarship.
Education.
Fortt attended DePauw University where he joined the Media Fellows honors program and worked at the DePauw student newspaper as an editor. Fortt graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing.
Career.
Fortt began working for CNBC in 2010 as a Silicon Valley-based technology correspondent for CNBC in 2010. CNBC brought him to its New York-area headquarters in 2013.