Editing Jim Cramer (section)

==Early life==
Cramer was born in 1955 in [[Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania]] (a suburb of [[Philadelphia]]) to Jewish parents.<ref name=pabook>{{cite web | title=Cramer, James J. (Jim) | url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Cramer__Jim | first=Michael A. | last=Kowalski | date=Spring 2008 | publisher=Pennsylvania Center for the Book}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chafets |first=Zev |date=May 12, 2011 |title=Jim Cramer Hits an All-Time High |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/magazine/jim-cramer-hits-an-all-time-high.html |access-date=March 3, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="insider">{{cite news |last=Mahapatra |first=Lisa |date=February 26, 2013 |title=From Hedge Fund Manager To Costumer Collector – How Jim Cramer Conquered Financial Media |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-jim-cramer-2013-2 |access-date=March 3, 2025 |work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> Cramer's mother, Louise A. Cramer (1928–1985), was an artist. Cramer's father, N. Ken Cramer (1922–2014), owned International Packaging Products, a Philadelphia-based company that sold wrapping paper, boxes, and bags to retailers and restaurants.<ref name=wedding/><ref>{{cite news |last=Feinberg |first=Andrew |date=August 31, 2006 |title=Booyah! The Manic Universe of Jim Cramer |url=https://www.kiplinger.com/article/investing/t052-c000-s002-booyah-the-manic-universe-of-jim-cramer.html |access-date=March 3, 2025 |work=[[Kiplinger Personal Finance]]}}</ref>

Cramer and his family moved to [[Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Springfield Township]], and he attended [[Springfield Township High School]] in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]], graduating in 1973.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |author=Hill |first=Miriam |date=January 21, 2006 |title=TV Host Crazy, But Like A Fox? |url=https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2006/01/22/tv-host-crazy-but-like-a-fox/25847461007/ |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=[[The Ledger]]}}</ref><ref name=madman>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2005-10-30/the-mad-man-of-wall-street | title=The Mad Man Of Wall Street | work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] | date=October 31, 2005 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tarlecki |first=Christine |date=January 6, 2022 |title=Wyndmoor Native and Host of 'Mad Money' Returns to Pennsylvania |url=https://montco.today/2022/01/wyndmoor-mad-money-jim-cramer/ |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=Montco Today}}</ref> He competed for the high school track team.<ref name="auto"/>

Among his first jobs, starting in 1971, Cramer sold Coca-Cola and then ice cream at [[Veterans Stadium]] during [[Philadelphia Phillies]] games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Karp |first=Austin |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Brotherly Love: CNBC's Jim Cramer Talks Philly Sports, Including Tough MLB Season |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2012/08/16/People-and-Pop-Culture/Jim-Cramer.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919025058/https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2012/08/16/People-and-Pop-Culture/Jim-Cramer.aspx |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |access-date=March 3, 2025 |work=[[Advance Publications|Sports Business Daily]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/the700level/mad-moneys-jim-cramer-once-sold-ice-cream-vet | title=Mad Money's Jim Cramer once sold ice cream at the Vet | work=[[NBC Sports]] | date=May 13, 2015}}</ref>

Cramer first began studying [[stock]]s in the fourth grade, and continued the habit through high school.<ref name="danrather" />