Larry Summers

**Lawrence Henry Summers** (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist and politician. He was the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001. He also was the director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.

Summers was the president of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006.

In November 2023, Summers joined the board of directors of artificial general intelligence company OpenAI. He resigned in November 2025 after it was revealed that Summers had a close friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

## Other websites

- Faculty page at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
- Lawrence Summers  at Big Think

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## Infobox (academic)

- **child**: yes
- **thesis title**: An asset price approach to the analysis of capital income taxation
- **thesis url**: https://www.proquest.com/docview/303216376/
- **thesis year**: 1982
- **doctoral advisor**: Martin Feldstein


## Infobox (economist)

- **child**: yes
- **field**: Macroeconomics
- **school tradition**: New Keynesian economics
- **doctoral advisor**: Martin Feldstein
- **doctoral students**: Alan Krueger, Kiminori Matsuyama, James R. Hines Jr., Rhee Chang-yong
- **institution**: Harvard University
London School of Economics
- **awards**: John Bates Clark Medal (1993)
- **repec prefix**: e
- **repec id**: psu137


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: Lawrence Summers in Ukraine - 2018 (MUS6941) (cropped).jpg
- **office**: 8th Director of the National Economic Council (United States), National Economic Council
- **president**: Barack Obama
- **deputy**: Diana Farrell
Jason Furman
- **term start**: January 20, 2009
- **term end**: January 20, 2011
- **predecessor**: Keith Hennessey
- **successor**: Gene Sperling
- **office1**: 27th President of Harvard University
- **term start1**: July 1, 2001
- **term end1**: June 30, 2006
- **predecessor1**: Neil L. Rudenstine, Neil Rudenstine
- **successor1**: Derek Bok
- **office2**: 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury
- **president2**: Bill Clinton
- **term start2**: July 2, 1999
- **term end2**: January 20, 2001
- **deputy2**: Stuart E. Eizenstat
- **predecessor2**: Robert Rubin
- **successor2**: Paul H. O'Neill
- **office3**: 7th United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- **president3**: Bill Clinton
- **term start3**: August 11, 1995
- **term end3**: July 2, 1999
- **predecessor3**: Frank N. Newman
- **successor3**: Stuart E. Eizenstat
- **office4**: Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
- **president4**: Bill Clinton
- **term start4**: April 5, 1993
- **term end4**: August 11, 1995
- **predecessor4**: David Mulford
- **successor4**: Michael Bruno (economist), Michael Bruno
- **office5**: Chief Economist of the World Bank
- **president5**: Barber Conable
Lewis Thompson Preston
- **term start5**: January 14, 1991
- **term end5**: January 14, 1993
- **predecessor5**: Stanley Fischer
- **successor5**: Michael Bruno (economist), Michael Bruno
- **birth name**: Lawrence Henry Summers
- **birth place**: New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **children**: 3
- **education**: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, BS)
Harvard University (Master of Arts, MA, Doctor of Philosophy, PhD)
- **signature**: Lawrence H Summers sig.jpg
- **caption**: Summers in 2018