Janet Yellen is the famous Former Chair of the Federal Reserve of her time. She is also a popular female politician from America.
Janet is also an American economist and secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Janet was the first woman to hold the position of the Federal Reserve chair from February 2014 to February 2018. She is also the first person in American history to have led the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
Janet Yellen’s age and early life?
Janet was born on 13th August 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. Janet’s age is 76 years old.
In 1967, she graduated summa cum laude from Brown University with a degree in economics. In 1971, she also received her Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.
Janet has also been honored with the Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale in 1997 and an honorary doctor of laws degree from Brown in 1998.
Who are Janet Yellen’s husband and children?
Janet was born in the family of Julius Yellen and Anna Ruth Blumenthal Yellen. Her father was a family physician, while her mother was an elementary school teacher.
Janet is also the youngest sister of Dr. John Yellen.
Janet is married to the famous and popular economist “George Akerlof,” who is a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. The couple tied their knot in June 1978.
The couple has one child named “Robert” who was born in 1981.
Janet Yellen’s net worth and salary details
Talking about the net worth of Janet Yellen, it has been estimated that she has a net worth of $20 million to date.
She has accrued her net worth from stock holdings, peaking engagement, and various government and academic position.
Janet’s child “Robert” has also received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard in 2009. He was also a presidential scholar.
Janet and her husband have worked together on many types of research, including topics such as poverty, unemployment, and a paper on the cost of out-of-wedlock childbearing.
In 2014 and 2021, Yellen reported a collection of postage stamps valued between $15,000 and $50,000 in her OGE financial disclosures.
Know about Janet’s Awards and Achievements
Janet has won multiple awards in her lifetime. She has won prestigious awards such as Adam Smith Award, The president’s Medal, The Foundation Medal, The Legend in Leadership Award, Dean’s Medal, and many more.
She has achieved honorable degrees such as Doctor of Laws on 25th May 1998 from Brown University, Doctor of Commercial Science on 21th May 2014 from New York University, and many more.
Furthermore, she also won the Truman Medal for Economic Policy on 10 October 2019 from Truman Library Institute.