Jonathan D. Levin, President of Stanford University and Bing Presidential Professor, served as the tenth dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business from September 2016 to August 2024.
A distinguished economist and academic leader, he is widely recognized for his scholarship in industrial organization and market design.
Levin joined the Stanford faculty in 2000. He rose through the ranks to become the Holbrook Working Professor of Price Theory in the Department of Economics. He served as department chair from 2011 to 2014, a period of rising stature for Stanford economics.
In 2011, Levin received the John Bates Clark Medal as the economist under the age of 40 who has made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has won both department and school-wide awards for distinguished teaching.
Levin has served as a member of President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and a trustee of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Over the course of his career, he has consulted widely in industry and government. He was part of the international expert group that designed the first vaccine Advance Market Commitment for pneumococcal disease, and participated in the design of the FCC’s noted broadcast spectrum incentive auction.
Dean Levin’s Priorities
Here are Levin’s signature priorities and programs that are setting the school up for another 100 years of success and impact.
