18 Facts About Ron Chernow

Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer.

Ron Chernow is the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his 1990 book The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance.

Ron Chernow was born on March 3,1949, in Brooklyn, New York.

Ron Chernow's father, Israel, was the owner of a discount store and creator of a stock brokerage firm; his mother, Ruth, was a bookkeeper.

Ron Chernow is brother to Bart Chernow and uncle to Shandee Chernow.

Ron Chernow was voted "Most Likely to Succeed", and was class president and valedictorian when he graduated in 1966 from Forest Hills High School in Queens in New York City.

Ron Chernow began but did not finish a PhD program.

Ron Chernow married Valerie Stearn in 1979; she died in January 2006.

Valerie S Chernow was an assistant professor of languages and social sciences at the New York City College of Technology.

Ron Chernow wrote more than 60 articles for various national newspapers and magazines from 1973 to 1982.

Ron Chernow has commented on business, politics, and finance on national radio and television shows, and appeared as an expert in documentary films.

In 1993, Ron Chernow published The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family, an account of the Warburg family, who immigrated to the US from Germany in 1938.

In 1997, Ron Chernow published a collection of essays entitled The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor.

In 1998, Chernow published the 774-page Titan: The Life of John D Rockefeller, Sr.

The book reflected Ron Chernow's continued interest in financial history, especially when shaped by compelling and influential individuals.

In 2011, Chernow signed a deal to write a comprehensive biography on Ulysses S Grant.

In 1990, Ron Chernow became a member of the PEN American Center.

Ron Chernow has received honorary degrees from Long Island University, Marymount Manhattan College, Hamilton College, Washington College, and Skidmore College.