Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin
Yergin in 2012
Born (1947-02-06) February 6, 1947 (age 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Author
  • historian
  • educator
  • energy analyst
SpouseAngela Stent
AwardsPulitzer Prize
Websitedanielyergin.com Edit this at Wikidata

Daniel Howard Yergin (born February 6, 1947) is an American author and consultant within the energy and economic sectors. Yergin is vice chairman of S&P Global. He was formerly vice chairman of IHS Markit, which merged with S&P in 2022.[1][2] He founded Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which IHS Markit acquired in 2004.[3] He has authored or co-authored several books on energy and world economics, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, (1991)[4] The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (2011),[5] and The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (2020).[6]

Yergin's articles and op-eds on energy, history, and the economy have been published in publications such as The Wall Street Journal,[7][8] The New York Times,[9] The Washington Post,[10] and the Financial Times.[11] All of Yergin's books have been drafted in long-hand.[12] Currently a director on entities such as the Council on Foreign Relations[13] and the United States Energy Association,[14] he is also a trustee of the Brookings Institution[13][15] and a long-term advisor to several U.S. administrations,[16][17] as well as chairman of the annual CERAWeek energy conference.[18]

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  2. ^ "S&P Global Appoints Daniel Yergin Vice Chairman". S&P Global. April 13, 2022.
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  6. ^ "A global energy study that misses some climate change realities". The Washington Post. September 25, 2020.
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  8. ^ Yergin, Daniel (May 16, 2017). "The Struggle Behind Oil's Ups and Downs". The Wall Street Journal. New York City. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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