Luigi Zingales

A 56-year-old native of Padua, Italy, who has taught at the school since 1992, Mr. Zingales adheres to many of the traditional hallmarks of University of Chicago economics — free markets, small government and low taxes. But he is not an ideologue. After the financial crisis, he opposed breaking up the big banks but said later that he had been wrong. Although never shy about speaking out — he predicted in 2011 that Donald J. Trump could win the presidency — Mr. Zingales became more vocal about the need for the Chicago School position to evolve. For the last three years, Mr. Zingales and the Stigler Center have hosted an antitrust summit.