Jonathan Orszag

Jonathan Marc Orszag is an American economist. He is a Senior Managing Director at Compass Lexecon, LLC, an economic consulting firm. Orszag was a co-founder of Compass (or Competition Policy Associates), which was sold to FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) in 2006.

Since 2007, Orszag has been named one of the foremost competition economists in The International Who’s Who of Competition Economists.Global Competition Review likewise identified Orszag as one of the leading young competition economists in the world.

Orszag is the son of Reba K. and American mathematician Steven A. Orszag. His brothers are Michael Orszag and Peter Orszag, the former Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Orszag attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated summa cum laude in economics from Princeton University. President Bill Clinton spoke at his graduation and joked that "I also want to say that one of my youngest staff members is a classmate here—Jon Orszag. And when the ceremony is over I'd like to have you back at work, please."

Orszag received his graduate degree from Oxford University, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar.

In 1994, Orszag was asked by Princeton economist Alan Krueger to serve as the Special Assistant to the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Orszag next moved to the White House in 1995 to serve as an Economic Policy Advisor on President Bill Clinton's National Economic Council. In 1999, the Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Orszag its leadership award for “forging innovative public policies to expand economic opportunity in America.”

Orszag served as the Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning from 1999 to 2000.

From 2000 to 2003, the Governor of California appointed Orszag to both the California Workforce Investment Board and the Governor’s Technology Advisory Group.

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