Ben Bernanke

Ben Shalom Bernanke is an American economist and former chairman of the Federal Reserve. He served as the 14th chairman from 2006 to 2014, during which time he oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis. Bernanke's expertise in economics led to his appointment as a tenured professor at Princeton University, where he also chaired the department of economics. He was awarded the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on banks and financial crises, particularly his analysis of the Great Depression. Bernanke has also been a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution since leaving the Federal Reserve.