George Gilder
George Gilder is a prominent investor, economist, and writer known for pioneering the formulation of supply-side economics. He began a journey into the causes of poverty and wealth in the 1970s. According to a study of presidential speeches, Gilder was President Reagan's most frequently quoted living author. He also served as a speechwriter for notable officials and candidates in the 1960s, including Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, and Richard Nixon. Gilder has also consulted leaders of high technology businesses in the 1980s.
George Gilder Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Fellow
Academic History
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AB, Government
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Chairman of Gilder Publishing
- Chairman of the Advisory Committee at ASOCS
- Chairman of Gilder Forbes Telecosm Conference
- Co-Founder of Discovery Institute
- Senior Fellow at the Center on Wealth, Poverty, and Morality
- Director of the Technology and Democracy Project
- Host of the Gilder Telecosm Forum
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
- Gilder is a contributing editor of Forbes magazine.
- He is a frequent writer for The Economist, The American Spectator, the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.
OTHERS
- Gilder studied under Henry Kissinger at Harvard University. He helped found Advance, a journal of political thought, which he edited and helped to re-establish in Washington, DC, after his graduation in 1962.
- In 1986, President Reagan gave him the White House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.