Simon Hobbs

Simon Hobbs is a host on business news channel CNBC. He is a co-presenter of Squawk on the Street.

Biography

Hobbs is best known for working for CNBC, and has been with the channel since 1998, but before joining CNBC he worked as a radio producer for Sky News, the BBC, and Reuters.

CNBC Europe

Hobbs initially co-presented Squawk Box Europe and also presented Europe Today and its replacement Today's Business before moving in 2003 to hosting European Closing Bell and Europe Tonight. He hosted European Closing Bell and Europe Tonight until Guy Johnson became host of both shows in March 2007. He also co-hosted Questions for the Future with Ross Westgate and towards the end of his time at CNBC Europe Simon presented an interview series called The Leaders.[1]

CNBC US

He then joined CNBC in America and was originally a stand-in presenter and for a while he filled in as co-host of Power Lunch before taking up co-anchoring duties in 2011 on Squawk on the Street where he co-hosts the programme's second hour.

Controversy

On June 27, 2014, during his CNBC program "Squawk on the Street," Hobbs inadvertently "outed" Apple CEO Tim Cook as gay. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ CNBC.com CNBC Profile
  2. ↑ Campbell, Mikey (2014-06-27). "Apple CEO Tim Cook 'outed' as gay by CNBC co-anchor". appleinsider.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
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