Biography

Jonathan Levin is Stanford University's thirteenth president.

Since becoming President in August 2024, Levin has articulated a vision of excellence, openness, and optimism. He has focused on strengthening Stanford’s culture of inquiry, and advancing the university’s leadership in research and education at a moment of rapid and transformative technological change. 

Levin has been a member of the Stanford faculty for more than twenty-five years. He rose through the ranks to become the Holbrook Working Professor and chair of the Department of Economics, and served as the Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 2016 to 2024.

A distinguished economist, Levin’s work has ranged from game theory to industrial organization, innovation, and market design. In 2011, he received the John Bates Clark Medal as the American economist under 40 who has made the most significant contribution to economic thought. Levin is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a former Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of department and school teaching awards. 

Levin is a Trustee of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and served from 2021 to 2025 as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He was part of the international team that designed the first Advance Market Commitment for pneumococcal vaccine and helped design the FCC's broadcast spectrum incentive auction.

President Levin earned undergraduate degrees in English and Mathematics from Stanford, an M.Phil in Economics from Oxford, and a PhD in Economics from MIT. He and his wife, Amy Levin, a practicing physician, have raised three children on the Stanford campus and enjoy spending as much time as possible adventuring in the outdoors.