Booth School of Business Professor Matthew Gentzkow was chosen by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the 40 proven leaders in their field who are younger than 40. Crain’s cited Gentzkow’s winning the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal for the best economist under 40, and his research on media slant in announcing his selection.
Matthew Gentzkow is Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics and Neubauer Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies empirical industrial organization and political economy, with a specific focus on media industries.
Gentzkow’s work has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the American Economic Review, and Econometrica, and has been covered in major national media. Gentzkow received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2009, and the 2014 John Bates Clark Medal, given by the American Economic Association to the American economist under the age of forty who has made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. He has also been awarded several National Science Foundation grants for research on media, and a Faculty Excellence Award for teaching. He hopes his students learn to “ask more questions, think critically, and realize that many arguments that sound good aren’t.”
He was educated at Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1997, a master’s degree in 2002, and a PhD in 2004 in economics.
Crain’s Chicago Business is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their notable 40 Under 40 list where they feature people who have broken barriers in the various fields.