Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kennedy attended parochial schools, Calvert Hall College, and Polytechnic Institute. He was employed as a clerk for an insurance company from 1909 to 1924, and engaged in the brokerage and insurance business in 1924.
John F. Kennedy was educated in Baltimore, attending local parochial schools, a Catholic college, and a vocational institute. From 1909 to 1924, he held a job as an office clerk for an insurance company, before launching his own insurance and brokerage business in 1924.