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Michael I Kotlikoff

President & Trustee · Cornell University

President & Trustee at Cornell University. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.3M

Who this is

Profile

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✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as President & Trustee of Cornell University, based in Ithaca, NY.
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Received $1.3M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Trustee & Provost of Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Instit, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Michael I. Kotlikoff is the 15th President of Cornell University, appointed March 21, 2025.

A veterinary scientist and physiologist, Kotlikoff has been at Cornell since 2000, serving as founding chair of Biomedical Sciences, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and most recently as Provost. His research on cardiovascular biology, optogenetics, and ion channel function has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
President since March 2025; at Cornell since 2000
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania · B.A. in Literature1973
  • University of Pennsylvania · Doctor of Veterinary Medicine1981
  • University of California Davis · Ph.D. in Physiology1984

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Cornell University President & Trustee · $7.5B revenue · Ithaca, NYSEE SCHEDULE Opay $752K → $1.3MFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.3Mreported comp
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Instit Trustee & Provost · $32.6M revenue · New York, NYADMINISTRATION OF DUAL MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM AWARDED BY TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY. PROVIDE RESEARCH…Filed FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

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$9.7M
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Academic Professor · FY2021
$8.9M
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Academic Chair - Wcm · FY2024
$6.7M
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Associate Professor - Clinical · FY2024
$5.9M
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Assistant Professor - Wcm · FY2024
$5.7M
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Assistant Professor · FY2023
$4.6M
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Assistant Professor - Clinical · FY2019
$4.5M
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Clinical Professor - Wcm · FY2024
$4.4M
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Academic Chair · FY2020
$3.8M
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Associate Professor - Clinical · FY2020
$3.4M
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Pres. & CEO of Physician Org · FY2024
$2.9M
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Former Provost & Dean Emeritus · FY2019
$2.8M

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org