Rich Lyons

Rich Lyons
Lyons in 2010
12th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
Assumed office
July 1, 2024
Preceded byCarol T. Christ
Personal details
BornRichard Kent Lyons
(1961-02-10) February 10, 1961
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
ThesisThree essays on exchange rate determination (1988)
Doctoral advisorRudiger Dornbusch
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Richard Kent Lyons (born February 10, 1961) is an American economist who has been the 12th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley since July 2024.

At UC Berkeley, he served as chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer from 2020 to 2024 and as dean of its Haas School of Business from 2008 to 2018. He joined the UC Berkeley business faculty in 1993 after earning a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and teaching at Columbia University for six years.