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Daniel Howard Yergin (born February 6, 1947) is an American author, speaker, energy expert, and economic historian. Yergin is vice chairman of
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. He was formerly vice chairman of
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, which merged with S&P in 2022. He founded
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, which IHS Markit acquired in 2004. He has authored or co-authored several books on energy and world economics, including the
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–winning '' The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power,'' (1991) '' The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World'' (2011), and ''The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations'' (2020). Yergin's articles and
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on energy, history, and the economy have been published in publications such as ''
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'', and the ''
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''. All of Yergin's books have been drafted in long-hand. Currently a director on entities such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the
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, he is also a trustee of the
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and a long-term advisor to several U.S. administrations, as well as chairman of the annual
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energy conference.


Early life and education

Yergin was born on February 6, 1947 in
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. His father Irving Yergin worked at
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and was editor of ''
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'' and a former journalist in
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. His mother Naomi Yergin was a sculptor and painter. Yergin is
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. He attended
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.Redburn, Tom
"'Energy Future' Goes Beyond Ivory Tower"
, ''
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'', August 19, 1979. Retrieved December 15, 2007. "Fifteen years ago, Daniel Yergin left Beverly Hills High School to attend Yale University and, except for summer jobs and brief visits, he hasn't been back here since."
He received his BA from
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in 1968, where he wrote for the '' Yale Daily News'' and was founder of ''
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'' in 1967. He was also a member of the prank senior society,
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and the literary society,
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. He received his
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in 1970 and his PhD in international history from
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, where he was a
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. While at Cambridge, he wrote for various British magazines as well as ''
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'', where he was a contributing editor, and ''
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''. He has honorary doctorates from
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,
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,
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, and the
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.


Career


1970s

Early in his career, Yergin worked as a contributing editor for ''New York'' magazine. Through 1980, he was a lecturer at the Harvard Business School and, until 1985, a lecturer at
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. Yergin's first book, ''Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State'' (1977), was partly based upon his doctoral dissertation and focused on the origins of the
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. It was named "best book of the year" by the National Historical Society. In the mid-1970s, while a post-doctoral fellow, he began to take a particular interest in energy in his writing. Basing the book on four years of research, with Robert B. Stobaugh he co-authored and co-edited ''Energy Future: The Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School'' in 1979. According to the ''
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'', the book "caused a considerable stir with its optimistic view of the possibilities of energy conservation and such alternative sources as solar power." It proved to be a ''The New York Times'' bestseller, ultimately selling 300,000 copies in six languages. Within its first year of release, Yergin and Stobaugh were called to Washington, D.C. several times to testify before Congressional committees. He also advised
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, the first US energy secretary, around the time of the
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. According to ''
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'', "since then he has given advice to every administration."


1980s–1990s

He founded
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(CERA) with Jamey Rosenfield in 1982 with the purchase of a $2 file cabinet from
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. With Yergin as president, the energy research and consulting firm was created as a "quasi think-tank and source of energy industry analysis." Yergin is arguably best known for his fourth book, '' The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power'' (1991). It became a number-one bestseller that won the
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in 1992 and the Eccles Prize for the best book on economics for a general audience, selling around 700,000 copies in 17 languages. The book was adapted into a
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series seen by around 100 million viewers both domestically and internationally, with Yergin as the principal storyteller. His next book was ''Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World'' (1993), written with
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, which provided scenarios for the development of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.


2000s–2010s

His 2002 book ''The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy'', written with
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, described in narrative form the struggle over the "frontier" between governments and markets and the rise of globalization. In the "first major PBS series on business in more than a decade," he led the team that created an Emmy-winning six-hour PBS/BBC television series based on the book, serving as executive producer and co-writer and interviewing individuals such as
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, Dick Cheney,
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, and Mikhail Gorbachev. CERA was acquired by the information company
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in 2004, with Yergin becoming an executive of the combined company and remaining chairman of CERA. Described as a sequel to his book ''The Prize,'' Yergin's '' The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World'' (2011) continued his history of the global oil industry but also addressed energy security, natural gas, electric power, climate change and the search for renewable sources of energy. Like his previous books, it was drafted in long-hand. In 2011 it was shortlisted for the
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.


2020s

In September 2020, Yergin published ''The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations.'' Paperback edition.


Viewpoints and research

Yergin's articlesA Price Tag to Growth
'' LiveMint'', February 23, 2007
and
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on energy, history, and the economy have been published in a variety of publications, including ''The Wall Street Journal'',Crisis in the Pipeline
Daniel Yergin, ''The Wall Street Journal'', August 10, 2006
''The New York Times'',
''The New York Times'', September 20, 2011
'' Foreign Affairs'', ''The Washington Post'', the ''
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'', and ''
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''. He has also been interviewed about energy policy and international politics on various television programs. In 2003 he became
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's global energy expert, which he continued to do for a decade, and in September 2011 he appeared on ''
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'' to discuss wind and solar power. In a 2011 essay published in ''The Wall Street Journal'', Yergin criticized predictions of imminent
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. Instead of a peak, Yergin predicted that future oil production would plateau as increasing prices moderate demand and stimulate production.Yergin, Daniel
"There will be oil"
''The Wall Street Journal'', September 17, 2011.
He also addressed peak oil in a chapter in ''The Quest'' entitled "Is the World Running Out of Oil?"'' The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World''. Penguin Press, 2011. . (Revised, reprint edition, 2012.) In 2019, Yergin and former U.S. Energy Secretary
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led a major 229-page study, ''Advancing the Landscape of Clean Energy Innovation'', which was conducted by IHS Markit and Energy Futures Initiative for the Breakthrough Energy coalition, led by Bill Gates. The study identified ten areas for transformational energy breakthroughs. ''Axios'' quoted Yergin, "The purpose of the report is to provide a framework and a guide to people who want to invest in clean energy innovation." Yergin chaired IHS Markit's study on "Reinventing the Wheel," which focused on changing transportation methods, the role of electric vehicles, and the timing of peak oil demand.


Memberships and directorships

Yergin is the current vice chairman of S&P Global, appointed during the company's merger with IHS Markit. He became the vice chairman of IHS in 2012 and remained vice chairman when IHS merged with Markit in 2016. He is also chairman of S&P's annual
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energy conference. He previously chaired the
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's Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development. He is a trustee of the
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, where he chairs the energy security roundtable. He is currently a director on the Council on Foreign Relations,
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, and the U.S.-Russia Business Council. He serves on the National Petroleum Council, which advises the
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. He is on the advisory boards of the
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Energy Initiative, the
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Center on Global Energy Policy, and
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's International Energy Advisory Panel. Yergin has been a member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board under Presidents
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,
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,
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, and
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. In December 2016 Yergin joined a business forum composed primarily of CEOs assembled to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues to President
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. The forum was disbanded in August 2017.


Awards

Yergin was awarded the 1997 United States Energy Award for "lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding." The International Association for Energy Economics gave Dr. Yergin its 2012 award for "outstanding contributions to the profession of energy economics and to its literature." In 2014 the Prime Minister of India presented Yergin with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2015 the
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presented him with the first Carnot Prize for "distinguished contributions to energy policy." The U.S. Department of Energy awarded him the first
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Medal for Energy Security in 2014.


Publishing history


Books as author

*
Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State
'. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Reprints: Penguin, 1978, 1980, ; Penguin, rev. & updated, 1990, . *'' The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. . Reprint: Simon & Schuster, 1992, . *'' The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World''. Penguin Press, 2011. .The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
''
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'', July 11, 2011
(Revised, reprint edition, 2012.) *''The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations''. Penguin Press, 2020. .The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
''
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'',September 01, 2020


Books as co-author

*''Energy Future: The Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School''. New York: Random House, 1979. . Reprints: Ballantine Books, ; Knopf, 3rd ed., 1982, ; Random House, new revised 3rd ed., 1990. ith Robert B. Stobaugh.*''Global Insecurity: A Strategy for Energy and Economic Renewal''. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. . Reprint: Viking Penguin Books, 1983, . ith_Martin_Hillenbrand..html" ;"title="Martin_Hillenbrand.html" ;"title="ith Martin Hillenbrand">ith Martin Hillenbrand.">Martin_Hillenbrand.html" ;"title="ith Martin Hillenbrand">ith Martin Hillenbrand.*''Russia 2010: And What It Means for the World''. New York: Random House, 1993. . Reprint: Vintage, 1995, . [With
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.] *''The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World''; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. . [With Joseph A. Stanislaw.] **Revised, retitled and updated as '' The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy''; New York: Free Press, 2002. .


See also

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* List of economic advisors to Donald Trump *
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* Predicting the timing of peak oil


References


External links


Official website
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