Hal Varian

Hal Varian
Born (1947-03-18) March 18, 1947 (age 78)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorDaniel McFadden
David Gale
Academic work
DisciplineMicroeconomics, information technology
School or traditionNeoclassical economics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
MIT
Doctoral studentsEarl Grinols
James Andreoni
Cyrus Chu
Website

Hal Ronald Varian (born March 18, 1947, in Wooster, Ohio) is chief economist at Google and holds the title of emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he was founding dean of the School of Information. Varian is an economist specializing in microeconomics and information economics.

Varian joined Google in 2002 as its chief economist. He played a key role in the development of Google's advertising model and data analysis practices.[1]

  1. ^ Zuboff, Shoshana (2020). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. PublicAffairs. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-61039-570-0.

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