Annamaria Lusardi

Annamaria Lusardi is Professor of Finance at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Director of Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and Senior Fellow at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. She founded the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center.

Research Focus: Financial literacy measurement and education, wealth inequality, and economic impacts of financial knowledge. Developed international standards for financial literacy assessment.

Policy Leadership:

• Director, Italian Financial Education Committee (2017-23)
• Faculty Advisor, U.S. Treasury Office of Financial Education
• Chair, OECD Financial Literacy Expert Group

Honors: 2022 Financial Education Impact Award, 2018 Ketchum Prize, and honorary doctorate from University of Vaasa. Research appears in American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and major media outlets.