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Hal Varian

Chief Economist, Google; Emeritus Professor at University of California - Berkeley

Hal R. Varian is the chief economist at Google. Since 2002 he has been involved in many aspects of the company, including auction design, econometric analysis, finance, corporate strategy and public policy. Hal also holds academic appointments at the University of California, Berkeley in three departments: business, economics, and information management. He received his S.B. degree from MIT and his M.A, in mathematics and Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley. Hal has also taught at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Michigan and other universities around the world.

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Business Positions

Google Inc. American multinational technology company; specializes in Internet-related services, products

• Chief Economist ('07→?)

Premise Data Real-time economic data tracking platform

• Advisor

Positions

School of Information Management and Systems

• Dean ('95→'03)

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

• Professor ('95→'10)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Google Inc. Google Netpac Google's PAC

• 7 contributions · 29,000 USD ('07→'12)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 3 contributions · 4,300 USD ('08→'12)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('04)

Jerry McNerney US Representative from California (2007-present)

• 5 contributions · 1,900 USD ('08→'12)

Harris N Miller

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('06)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 250 USD ('04)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 1 contribution · 250 USD ('08)

Ed Perlmutter US Representative from Colorado

• 1 contribution · 200 USD ('06)

Schools

University of California Berkeley

• PhD, Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• BS