Programs/Speakers

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2009 Programs/Speakers

David Faber
CNBC Anchor and Contributor
Squawk Box

David Faber appears daily on CNBC's Squawk Box. He also breaks news and provides in depth analysis on a range of business topics for the network during his twice weekly Faber Report. In his eleven years at CNBC, Faber has broken many big financial stories including the massive fraud at WorldCom, the bail out of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management and numerous takeovers.

Faber also reports and co-produces documentaries for CNBC. His latest documentary, The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company, garnered widespread critical acclaim and received record ratings. Faber garnered a National Headliner award for the CNBC documentary, The Big Lie: Inside the Rise and Fraud of World Com and received a Maxwell award for his reporting of CNBC's first original documentary entitled, The Big Heist, How AOL Took Time Warner.

In 2003, he was nominated for a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism for breaking the news of massive fraud at WorldCom and received two Emmy nominations for that story and The Big Heist. Faber won the Deadline Club of New York's 1997 Award for "Best Broadcast Business Story" for his breaking report of the buyout of MCI Communications in November 1996.

Faber joined CNBC in 1993 after seven years at "Institutional Investor," where he covered corporate finance and global equity markets.

Faber's first book, The Faber Report was published by Little, Brown in Spring 2002. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University.

David Feherty
Golf commentator for CBS Sports
Author and former European Tour and
PGA Tour professional golfer

David Feherty was born in the seaside town of Bangor in Northern Ireland. He was raised in a family where wit came naturally. One such time David’s father was late to dinner after staying for one too many pints at the local pub. When he asked Feherty’s mother whether his dinner was still warm, she shot back, “It should be – it’s in the dog.”

David enjoyed a very successful professional career, with 10 victories worldwide and over $3 million in prize money. He was a regular on the European Tour, with victories including the ICL International, the Italian Open, Scottish Open, South Africa PGA, BMW Open, Cannes Open, and Madrid Open. He captained the winning Irish team in the 1990 Alfred Dunhill Cup. And Feherty played on the European Ryder Cup Team in 1991, an experience that rejuvenated his fervor for golf.

In 1997, David retired from professional golf when offered a position as a golf commentator for CBS Sports. “I always enjoyed talking more than playing, and now CBS is paying me for what I like to do most.” David’s knowledge of the game and Tour experience give him instant credibility, and his quick wit and colorful personality add a new dimension to golf telecasts. His light-hearted approach to broadcasting is appreciated by golf fans and critics. Writers have called him “The Class Clown of Commentary” and “Golf’s Ultimate Wise Guy.” And according to a February 2007 Golf Digest survey, golf fans chose David Feherty as their favorite golf announcer.

David’s success extends beyond broadcasting. He is an accomplished author, writing an extremely popular monthly column for GOLF Magazine and a bi-weekly piece for their website, Golfonline.com. His books have become bestsellers – including A Nasty Bit of Rough; Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot; David Feherty’s Totally Subjective History of the Ryder Cup andAn Idiot for All Seasons. David also makes appearances at various clinics and outings throughout the year. In all of his work, David’s goal is to encourage people to remember that golf is fun. “I want to entertain people. If I can’t make them laugh, I want to make them smile.”