Lawrence H. Summers

At-a-Glance

Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University and Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
Served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001.
Director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.
President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006.
Chief Economist of the World Bank from 1991 to 1993.
Joined the board of directors of artificial general intelligence company OpenAI in November 2023.
Worked as a managing partner at the hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co.

Biography

Lawrence H. Summers is an American economist who currently holds the position of Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, where he also directs the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. His distinguished career includes serving as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as the director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.