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Daron Acemoğlu — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 3 September 1967 · Age: 59

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Daron Acemoğlu is 59 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 3 September 1967.

Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at MIT

Did you know?His influential book Why Nations Fail explores how political and economic institutions determine the long-term success or failure of different countries.

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has been at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics. He was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019.

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Age: 59
Status: Living

Born: September 3, 1967 · Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality: Turkish
Known for: Science, Literature

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Mother: İrma Acemyan
Spouse: Asuman Özdağlar

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