Jeffrey Sachs Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Jeffrey David Sachs (/ˈsæks/; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest tenured economics professors in the history of Harvard University (at age 28), Sachs became known for his role as an adviser to Eastern European and developing country governments during the transition from communism to a market system or during periods of economic crisis. Subsequently he has been known for his work on the challenges of economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation, debt cancellation, and globalization.Sachs is the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs and a professor of health policy and management at Columbia’s School of Public Health. He is special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Millennium Development Goals, having held the same position under former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is co-founder and chief strategist of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty and hunger. From 2002 to 2006, he was director of the United Nations Millennium Project’s work on the Millennium Development Goals, eight internationally sanctioned objectives to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and disease by the year 2015. He is director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Since 2010 he also served as a commissioner for the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which leverages broadband technologies as a key enabler for social and economic development. Since 1995, he is also a member of the International Advisory Council of the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE).Sachs has authored three New York Times bestsellers: The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth (2008), and The Price of Civilization (2011). His most recent book is To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace (2013). He has been named one of Time Magazine’ +s "100 Most Influential People in the World" twice, in 2004 and 2005.
Net Worth
$1.6 Million
Date Of Birth
1954
Place Of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Profession
American economist
Education
Harvard University
Nicknames
Jeffrey David Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs, Sachs, Jeffrey, Sachs, Jeffrey David
Self
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Year
Status
Character
And Then the Climate Changed
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
Democracy Now!
2011-2017
TV Series
Himself / Herself
Bending the Arc
2017
Documentary
Himself
Stop the Burning
2015
Short
Himself
Charlie Rose
1998-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself / Herself - Guest
Tavis Smiley
2011-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Dukale's Dream
2014
Documentary
Himself (as Jeffery D. Sachs)
Ronan Farrow Daily
2014
TV Series
Himself
Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
2012
Documentary
Himself, Earth Institute
This World
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself - Columbia University
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream
2012
Documentary
Himself - Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Hardball with Chris Matthews
2008-2012
TV Series
Himself
Fault Lines
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Seeds of Hope
2010
Documentary
Preventing Genocide
2009
Video documentary
Earth 2100
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Director - Earth Institute (as Jeff Sachs)
Frontline
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself - Earth Institute, Columbia University
Real Time with Bill Maher
2008
TV Series
Himself
I Am Because We Are
2008
Documentary
Himself
What Are We Doing Here?
2008
Documentary
Himself
The Daily Show
2008
TV Series
Himself
The Colbert Report
2006
TV Series
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
BBC World Debate: Who Runs Your World?
2005
TV Movie
Himself - UN Special Advisor
Diary
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
2002
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Professor, Harvard University
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty (2012) as Himself, Earth Institute
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002) as Himself - Professor, Harvard University
Earth 2100 (2009) as Himself - Director - Earth Institute
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012) as Himself - Professor of Economics, Columbia Univers
