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Janet Yellen

Also known as Janet Louise Yellen, Janet L. Yellen, Janet L Yellen

78th United States Secretary of the Treasury

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Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist, professor, banker, and politician. Born in Brooklyn in 1946, she resides in the same borough. She is a member of the Democratic Party and holds a doctorate. Her academic background includes education at Yale University and Brown University. She studied under James Tobin and Joseph E. Stiglitz, with Tobin serving as her doctoral advisor.

Yellen has held positions including Chair of the Federal Reserve, president, chairperson, and university teacher. She has worked for Harvard University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Federal Reserve System, and the University of California, Berkeley. Her professional locations have included Washington, D.C., Cambridge, and London. She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Open Market Committee, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Group of Thirty. She has received the Guggenheim Fellowship and Global Citizen Awards. She is married to George Akerlof.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Louise
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Brooklyn
Spouse: George Akerlof
Occupation: politician
Educated at: Brown University
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Global Citizen Awards
Academic degree: doctorate
Doctoral advisor: James Tobin
Student of: Joseph E. Stiglitz
Doctoral student: Charles Engel
Official website: home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/janet-yellen
Image: Secretary Janet Yellen portrait (cropped).jpg
Work location: San Francisco
Residence: Brooklyn

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date of birth: 1946-08-13
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Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was the first woman to hold either position, and has also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Yellen is the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Born and raised in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Yellen graduated from Brown University in 1967 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1971. She taught as an assistant professor at Harvard University from 1971 to 1976, was a staff economist for the Federal Reserve Board from 1977 to 1978, and was a faculty member at the London School of Economics from 1978 to 1980. Yellen is professor emeritus at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has been a faculty member since 1980 and became the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Economics.

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