My Take
Janet Yellen is one of those rare people who makes you realize how much quiet, unglamorous expertise actually runs the world. A Brooklyn kid who climbed all the way to Yale, then spent decades in the weeds of labor economics and monetary policy before becoming the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve — and then, because apparently that wasn't enough, the first woman to serve as U.S. Treasury Secretary too. She broke two glass ceilings that most people didn't even know existed. What I find genuinely impressive about Yellen is that she's never been about flash or self-promotion; she's a data person, a careful thinker, the kind of economist who actually changes her mind when the evidence shifts. In an era of ideological chest-thumping, that's rarer than it sounds.
Overview
Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was the first woman to hold either position, and has also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Yellen is the Eugene E. and Catherine M.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Janet Yellen
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャネット・イエレン
- Reading
- じゃねっと・いえれん
- Born
- August 13, 1946 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / professor / banker / politician / finance minister
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fort Hamilton High School
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- 1986 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1997 Wilbur Cross Medal
- 1998 honorary doctorate from Brown University
- 2000 honorary doctorate from Bard College
- 2012 50 Most Influential
- 2010 Adam Smith Award
- 2015 Elizabeth Blackwell Award
- 2012 Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.