Janet Yellen

E79656

Janet Yellen is an American economist who has served as both Chair of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, making her one of the most influential figures in global economic policy.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
economist
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in economics
PhD in economics
almaMater Brown University NERFINISHED
Yale University
appointedBy Barack Obama
Joe Biden
birthName Janet Louise Yellen
child Robert Akerlof
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1946-08-13
doctoralAdvisor James Tobin
employer Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Federal Reserve System
Harvard University
London School of Economics
United States Department of the Treasury
University of California, Berkeley
familyName Yellen
fieldOfWork labor economics
macroeconomics
givenName Janet
memberOf Democratic Party (United States)
name Janet Yellen
notableAchievement first person to have led the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Treasury Department
first woman to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve
first woman to serve as United States Secretary of the Treasury
notableWork research on unemployment and labor markets
occupation economist
government official
university teacher
officeAssumed Chair of the Federal Reserve: 2014-02-03
United States Secretary of the Treasury: 2021-01-26
officeEnded Chair of the Federal Reserve: 2018-02-03
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Chair of the Federal Reserve
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve
predecessor Ben Bernanke
Steven Mnuchin
residence Washington, D.C., United States
spouse George Akerlof
successor Jerome Powell


Please wait…