Ben Bernanke
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Ben Bernanke was born on December 13, 1953 in Augusta, GA and served as the 14th Chairperson of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, succeeding Alan Greenspan. During his tenure, he was faced with the difficult task of managing the financial crisis of 2008, which ultimately led to his resignation in 2014.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day December 13, 1953
Birth Place Augusta, GA
Age 70 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius

💰 Net worth: $2 million (2024)

About

14th Chairperson of the Federal Reserve. He replaced Alan Greenspan in 2006 as one of the foremost economic Leaders of the United States. His controversial handling of the financial crisis of 2008 caused him to step down from his position in 2014.

Before Fame

He was a professor of economics at Princeton University and then headed the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Trivia

As an expert on the Great Depression, he believed that the economic woes of the 1930s and '40s stemmed from a tightening of the money supply. This belief influenced his decision to release more money into the economy during the early 21st-century economic crisis.

Family Life

He was born in Augusta, Georgia and raised in South Carolina by a pharmacist father and a Teacher mother.

Associated With

He subscribed to Milton Friedman's model of economics.

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