Todd G. Buchholz

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Todd G. Buchholz
Born1961
Occupation(s)Author, economist, consultant
SpouseDebby Buchholz [1]
Children3
Website "Todd Buchholz".

Todd G. Buchholz (born 1961) is an American economist, author, inventor, and business consultant. He served as Director of Economic Policy under George H. W. Bush and as managing director of Tiger Management. [2] Buchholz regularly contributes commentaries on political economy, financial markets, business and culture to media outlets such as The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and The Washington Post , as well as major television networks. [3]

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Life and career

Buchholz holds advanced degrees in law and in economics from Harvard Law School, and from the University of Cambridge. He was a Cambridge University fellow in 2009 and was named a fellow at Yale University, Branford College in 2024. [3] [4] From 1989 to 1992, he was Director for Economic Policy at the White House. [1] He has lectured in the U.K. Parliament, as well as at the White House library and the U.S. Treasury.[ citation needed ]

Buchholz contributes commentary to the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Washington Post , Forbes , Reader's Digest , and on PBS, CBS, and ABC News. He hosted his own special on CNBC. [3] His books have been translated into 12 languages and include the best-selling New Ideas from Dead Economists . [3] [5] [6]

Buchholz's 2011 book, Rush: Why You Thrive in the Rat Race, was named a top ten book in the social sciences by Publishers Weekly, and a book of the year by the New York Post and Los Angeles Times . [7] In 2012, Rush was featured on the Charlie Rose TV show. [8] His book The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them was published by HarperCollins in June 2016.[ citation needed ]The Wall Street Journal named Buchholz's 2016 book The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them, one of eight "must-reads" for the summer of 2016. [9] His other works include New Ideas from Dead CEOs, Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office, From Here to Economy, Market Shock, and Bringing the Jobs Home. His mystery novel The Castro Gene won a USA Best Books prize in 2007. [10] He was a founder and president of the G7 Group, Inc., an international consulting firm. [2] [1]

Buchholz co-produced the Broadway musical Jersey Boys . [3] He coauthored the musical Glory Ride, which "tells the true story of Italians sneaking children out of Fascist Italy on bicycles." [11] Glory Ride was performed in New York in January 2015, starring Josh Young and Alison Luff. [11] It was then performed in London in November 2022 to sold out audiences at The Other Palace Theatre and in 2023 at Charing Cross Theatre in the West End. [12] [13] Buchholz's wife, Debby, was named Managing Director of the La Jolla Playhouse in 2018.

Other

Buchholz was awarded the Allyn Young Teaching Prize by the Harvard University Department of Economics. [1]

Buchholz invented the Math Arrow, [14] a mathematical matrix that makes numbers more intuitive to children. [3] He is the CEO of Sproglit, LLC, [15] which develops software and classroom materials based on the Math Arrow.

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