Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,700 on the U.S. game show
Jeopardy! From 2021 to 2023, Jennings and Mayim Bialik alternated as hosts of that show, as well as
Celebrity Jeopardy! In 2023, Jennings received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show. In December 2023, Jennings was announced as
Jeopardy!’s permanent main host. Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on
Jeopardy! with 74 consecutive wins. He also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game in
Jeopardy! history (for those contestants with at least 300 correct responses) with 35.9 during h...
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