Kent Smetters — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, delivering nonpartisan budgetary projections and economic analyses of U.S. legislation.
Joseph E. and Ruth E. Boettner Professor of Financial Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Co-founded Sports Composite DE, Inc. in 2006, which developed the RotoHog fantasy sports game.
Co-founded Veritat Advisors, a company in the financial industry.
Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy of the United States Treasury in 2001.
Received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1995.

Biography

Kent Smetters is an academic, entrepreneur, and former government official. He currently serves as the Joseph E. and Ruth E.

Boettner Professor of Financial Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He is also the Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, where he leads a team in providing nonpartisan budgetary projections and economic analyses of major U.S.

legislation.