Brian Deese

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Deese
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1978(1978-02-17)
Age	46
Birthplace	Belmont
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Aquarius

Brian Deese Biography

Brian Deese is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on February 17, 1978 in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. Brian Christopher Deese (born February 17th 1978) was a senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. Prior to Obama’s Obama Administration, Deese served as assistant director at the Office of Management and Budget and also deputy director for the Office of Management and Budget during this summer. Deese was also deputy director at the National Economic Council. Brian is currently the global head for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock.

Deese was appointed as deputy director in the Office of Management and Budget in the summer of 2013. He was briefly acting director in the summer of 2014, in following the resignation of Sylvia Mathews Burwell and the appointment of Shaun Donovan.

As Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Deese leads BlackRock’s Sustainable Investing Team which “is focused on identifying drivers of long-term return associated with environmental, social and governance issues.” In an interview with The Weather Channel, Deese was asked about BlackRock’s “heavy investments” in the fossil fuel industry. Deese said that BlackRock’s role is to provide clients with “more choices and more options” in investments and “this is not just about excluding entire industries or entire classes of companies, but it’s also about getting to understand, again, which of these companies is better positioned for the transition.”

In 2011 Deese was appointed as deputy director at the NEC. In his new position He was in charge of policies for the White House on taxes, housing, financial regulation manufacturing, clean energy and the automobile industry. As per The New Republic, he was one of those who were Washington’s “most powerful, least famous people”.

Brian Deese Net Worth

Brian Deese is one of the richest Economist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Deese 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Deese earned an B.A. of political science at Middlebury College in 2000 and received a J.D. in political science from Yale Law School in 2009. His first job was from Yale Law School in Washington, Deese worked as research assistant for the Center for Global Development, appointed by the Director Nancy Birdsall, according to The New York Times, in which he was a co-author of his book Delivering On Debt Relief. Then, he was an analyst in senior positions on economic policies in the Center for American Progress, under Gene Sperling. Sperling and Deese worked together again during the Obama Administration as director and deputy director of the National Economic Council between 2011 until 2013.

After the presidential election of 2008 In 2008, he was an official part of the Economic Policy Working Group for the transition to the presidency.

Following the departure of John Podesta, Deese took over his brief on Climate and Energy. Unlike Podesta, who served as Counselor to the President, Deese was promoted to the position of Senior Advisor to the President. In this position, Deese played an influential role in negotiating the Paris Climate Agreement in December 2015. Along with Katie Beirne Fallon, Deese helped to negotiate the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act, which replaced the budget sequestration and increased federal spending by $80 billion over two years. In February 2016, the President tapped Deese to oversee the Supreme Court nomination process, which led to the President’s nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on March 16, 2016.

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Facts & Trivia

Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brian Deese celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

Top Facts about Brian Deese

1. Brian Deese is an American business executive and government official.
2. He was born in 1978.
3. Deese served as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council under Obama.
4. He also worked on the auto industry bailout and climate change policy.
5. In 2017, he became Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock.
6. Deese returned to politics in 2020 as President Biden’s National Economic Council Director.
7. He played a key role in negotiating the COVID-19 relief package.
8. Deese has been criticized for his ties to Wall Street and lack of experience in some areas.
9. He holds degrees from Middlebury College and Yale Law School.
10. Deese is married with two children and lives in Washington D.C.