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James M Poterba

President & CEO · National Bureau of Economic Research INC

President & CEO at National Bureau of Economic Research INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$887K
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

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Reported as President & CEO of National Bureau of Economic Research INC, based in Cambridge, MA.
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Received $887K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

James M. Poterba is the President of the National Bureau of Economic Research (since 2008) and Mitsui Professor of Economics at MIT.

His research focuses on taxation, household saving, portfolio behavior, and retirement security, particularly 401(k) programs. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Tenure here
President of NBER since 2008
Education
  • Oxford University (Marshall Scholar) · D.Phil. in Economics

Affiliations

Organizations

National Bureau of Economic Research INC President & CEO · $47.0M revenue · Cambridge, MATHE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF…pay $789K → $887KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$887Kreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named James M Poterba

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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James M Poterba 1 organization · New York, NYAlfred P Sloan Foundation

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$1.4M
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$308K
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$266K
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$253K
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Unix System Administrator · FY2024
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Programmer & Sys Admin · FY2023
$211K
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Aging Program Specialist · FY2024
$208K
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Asst Dir of Accounting · FY2024
$197K
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Dir of Information Systems · FY2022
$183K
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Asst Dir of Grants · FY2024
$176K
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Research Associate · FY2021
$174K

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