Janet Yellen Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Janet Yellen served as Chair of the Federal Reserve System from 2014 to 2018.

She previously served as Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve.

Yellen was a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and chaired the Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999 under President Clinton.

She became the first woman to lead a central bank in the United States and the first Democrat to hold the position since 1979.

During her tenure, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.7% to 4.1%, the lowest in 17 years.

Yellen received over $7 million in speaking fees between 2018 and 202.

In November 202, she was nominated by President Biden to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, becoming the first woman to hold the position.

Yellen's economic philosophy focuses on issues of unemployment and favors lower Federal Reserve interest rates.

She has received numerous honors for her work in academia and politics.

Yellen is married to Nobel Prize-winning economist George Akerlof and has a son named Robert who is also an economist.

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