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Gita Gopinath

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Gita Gopinath (born 8 December 1971) is an Indian-American economist who is currently serving as the Gregory and Ania Coffey professor of Economics at Harvard University and previously served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), from 21 January 2022 to 31 August 2025. Before that she also served as chief economist of the IMF between 2019 and 2022. Prior to joining the IMF, Gopinath had a two-decade-long career as an academic including at the economics department of Harvard University, where she was the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics (2005–2022), and earlier an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2001–05). She is also a co-director of the international finance and macroeconomics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research and has earlier worked as the honorary economic adviser to the chief minister of Kerala. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Gita Gopinath is the 412th most popular economist (down from 388th in 2024), the 1,284th most popular biography from India (down from 1,028th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Gita Gopinath ranks 412 out of 414. Before her are Christina Romer, Winona LaDuke, Bina Agarwal, Raghuram Rajan, Olga Golodets, and Yochai Benkler. After her are Kate Raworth, Rebecca Blank, Emmanuel Saez, Epsy Campbell Barr, Rola Dashti, and Cecilia Rouse.

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Among people born in 1971, Gita Gopinath ranks 845. Before her are Carlton Myers, Alessandro Bertolini, Laurent Capelluto, Nick Oliveri, Alice Bah Kuhnke, and Li Ming. After her are Leisha Hailey, Afro Candy, Peter Jöback, Arly Jover, Fernando Sánchez, and Sylvana Simons.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gita Gopinath ranks 1,284 out of 1,861. Before her are Alia Bhatt (1993), Pooja Bhatt (1972), Sunita Narain (1961), Asaduddin Owaisi (1969), Ram Swarup (1920), and Honey Irani (1954). After her are Bombay Jayashri (1950), Adil Hussain (1963), Rohit Sharma (1987), Suhasini Maniratnam (1961), Hariharan (1955), and Sanjay Mishra (1963).

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Among ECONOMISTS In India

Among economists born in India, Gita Gopinath ranks 9. Before her are Abhijit Banerjee (1961), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Avinash Dixit (1944), Kshama Sawant (1973), Bina Agarwal (1951), and Raghuram Rajan (1963).

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