Faber joined CNBC in 1993 after seven years at
Institutional Investor. He has been dubbed "The Brain" by CNBC co-workers, and has hosted several documentaries on corporations, such as
Wal-Mart and
eBay.
The Age of Walmart earned Faber a 2005
Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism. In 2010, he shared the
Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise business journalism for "House of Cards." On Wednesday, September 17, 2023, Faber celebrated working 30 years at CNBC. In addition to
Squawk on the Street, Faber hosts the network's monthly program,
Business Nation, which debuted on January 24, 2007. Faber is the author of three books:
The Faber Report (2002),
And Then the Roof Caved In (2009), and
House of Cards: The Origins of the Collapse (2010). He was the champion of
Celebrity Jeopardy! in 2012. ==Personal life==