Jim Cramer gets bored if he's not constantly moving.
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Cramer is best known as being the animated, loudmouth host of CNBC's "Mad Money." He's also acofounder ofTheStreet, a best-selling author, the owner of an inn and a bar — and an avid tomato grower.
At Business Insider's 2015 IGNITION conference, BI CEO Henry Blodget asked Cramer to break down his daily schedule. Sleep doesn't heavily factor into it.
3:45* a.m.:Wake up. (*3:15 if personal trainer is arriving at 3:45)
3:45 - 4:45 a.m.:Work out, catch up on news, write first storyfor RealMoney.com.
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Early morning: Work on material for CNBC's live morning show "Squawk on the Street." Tweet about stocks and his other favorite thing to share: puppies.
—Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) December 9, 2015
7 a.m.:Arrive at TheStreet's headquarters on Wall Street. Meet with CEO Elizabeth DeMarse and staffers he's working with, including the Action Alerts PLUS portfolio team.
8:20 a.m.:Go to the New York Stock Exchange for "Squawk on the Street." Before filming, he gets a quick makeup application. "They just spray paint me," he said.
10:10 a.m.:Have conference call with the "Mad Money" head writer (his nephew Cliff Mason), researchers, and bookers to discuss that day's upcoming show. After the call, he'll head to CNBC's studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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Morning and early afternoon:Work with team to write six or seven drafts of every segment until they're TV-ready.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Write opening segment, in whichhe analyzes the market.
4:05 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.:Tape "Mad Money."
6 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.:Critique the show they just wrapped with head writer, being candid about what worked and what didn't for the benefit of future shows. "We're incredibly vicious with each other about what we got wrong," he said.
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6:30 p.m.: Start planning the next episode with his team.
Evening: Get chauffeured to his home in Summit, New Jersey, or one of his two establishments: The DeBary Inn, also in Summit, or Bar San Miguel in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Take an hour for dinner and watch some television. Cramer said he's a big football fan and is in a fantasy league with ESPN's NFL reporter Adam Schefter.Head home if he had dinner at either the inn or bar
10 p.m.: Write a RealMoney.com story for the next day.
Late night:Do something relaxing, like watch an episode of a new Netflix series, and then prepare for bed.
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11:30 p.m.: Go to sleep.
Cramer told Blodget that he realized a long time ago that he needs a relentless schedule to be happy. "If I slept more, I wouldn't be able to do it," he said.
Richard Feloni
Correspondent, Strategy
Richard wrote for Business Insider's Strategy vertical, where he oversaw the Better Capitalism series. He was also the host of Business Insider's podcast "This Is Success." At Business Insider, he investigated Dan Gilbert's multibillion-dollar project in Detroit, analyzed the highly unusual management cultures at Bridgewater and Zappos, and examined Wall Street's love of Transcendental Meditation. In 2016 he helped launch Business Insider Italia in Milan. He joined Business Insider in 2013, and is an alumnus of Boston College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He left the company in 2020 to become editorial director at Just Capital.
