Jonathan David Levin (born November 17, 1972) is an American economist, currently serving as the 13th president of

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

since August 2024. He served as the 10th dean of the

Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business is the Postgraduate education, graduate business school of Stanford University, a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective ...

from 2016 to 2024. Levin is known for his research in industrial organization, particularly in the areas of market design, antitrust economics, and the economics of contracting.

Early life and education

Levin received a

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

with a major in English, and a

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with a major in mathematics from

in 1994. He pursued graduate studies, receiving a

Master of Philosophy A Master of Philosophy (MPhil or PhM; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated MPhil (or, at times, as PhM in other countries). MPhil are awarded to postgraduate students after completing at leas ...

in economics from

Nuffield College, Oxford Nuffield College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. N ...

, in 1996 and a

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in economics from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

in 1999.

Career

Levin was a postdoctoral scholar at the Cowles Foundation at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He joined Stanford as an assistant professor in 2000 and became a full professor in 2008. His research is in the fields of Microeconomic Theory and

Industrial Organization In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complications to the per ...

. Since 2016, he has been the Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of

. He was the Holbrook Working Professor of Price Theory in the Department of Economics at Stanford and chair of Stanford Department of Economics from 2011 to 2014. Since 2021, he has been a member of the

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(PCAST). On April 4, 2024, the

Board of Trustees announced Levin would become Stanford's 13th president, effective August 1, 2024. Levin succeeds Richard Saller, who has served as Stanford's president on an interim basis since September 2023 after the resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Levin was ceremonially inaugurated to the Presidency on September 27, 2024. Levin is the first Stanford president since 1968 to have a Stanford degree.

Awards and honors

Levin has received over a dozen honors and awards. He was awarded the 2011

John Bates Clark Medal The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge." The award is named after the ...

as the outstanding American economist under the age of 40, regarded as the most distinguished economic title after the Nobel Prize. Some of his other notable achievements include: *John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2014 *American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Best Paper Award, 2014 *Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, 2006 *Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2004–2006 *George Webb Medley Thesis Prize, Oxford, 1996

Personal life

Jonathan Levin is

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. Levin lives in Palo Alto with his wife, Amy, a physician, and their three children. He is the son of former

President Rick Levin.

References

External links

Website at Stanford UniversityWebsite at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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