Kevin O'Connor (born January 1, 1968) is an American television personality. He has been the host of the
PBS
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home renovation
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series ''
This Old House
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O'Connor and his four brothers and two sisters grew up on various job sites led by his father, a civil engineer.Kevin O'Connor, Host ''This Old House'' Biographies. He grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey.
After graduating in 1986 from
Saint Benedict's Preparatory School
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The school serves boys and girls in kindergarten through twelfth grade on a urban campus. The school has been accredit ...
in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.College of the Holy Cross in 1990. He earned a
Master's degree in Business Administration
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from
Boston University
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in 1999.
Career
O'Connor worked for
Fleet Bank
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Histor ...
as a Vice President in the Sports Finance Group, then worked for
Bank of America
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as a Senior Vice President in the Commercial Real Estate Group.
The producers of ''
This Old House
''This Old House'' is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine, and a websiteThisOldHouse.com. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The television series airs on the American television netw ...
'' approached him to become their new host following the departure of Steve Thomas. O'Connor and his wife, Kathleen, appeared on an episode of ''
Ask This Old House
''This Old House'' is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine, and a websiteThisOldHouse.com. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The television series airs on the American television networ ...
'' (Season 1, Episode 22), in which painting contractor Jim Clark assisted them with a
wallpaper
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-removal project. O'Connor made his hosting debut on ''This Old House'' in Season 25, Episode 1.
O'Connor, also the host of ''
Ask This Old House
''This Old House'' is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine, and a websiteThisOldHouse.com. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The television series airs on the American television networ ...
'' and ''
Inside This Old House
''This Old House'' is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine, and a websiteThisOldHouse.com. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The television series airs on the American television netwo ...
'', holds a position on the editorial board of the ''This Old House'' magazine, published by This Old House Ventures, Inc.
In September 2011, O'Connor debuted as the author of his first book ''The Best Homes from This Old House''.
Personal life
O'Connor lives with his wife and their three children in an 1894 Queen AnneVictorian home in
Hamilton, Massachusetts
Hamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,561. Currently the town has no manufacturing industry and no industrially-zoned land.
Though ...