Daniel Yergin
Energy author and economic historian
Daniel Yergin is an American author and economic historian who writes about energy and the world economy. He won a Pulitzer Prize for The Prize.
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American Born 1947 in Los Angeles, United States
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About Daniel Yergin
Daniel Yergin, born in 1947, is an American author, economic historian and consultant in the energy and economic fields. He is vice chairman of S&P Global and founded Cambridge Energy Research Associates. His books include the Pulitzer Prize winner The Prize, The Quest and The New Map, which appeared in 2020. He chairs the annual CERAWeek energy conference and is a trustee of the Brookings Institution. He earned a BA at Yale and a PhD at Cambridge, studying there as a Marshall Scholar.