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Lawrence Kudlow

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Larry Kudlow
Kudlow at the White House in September 2020
12th Director of the National Economic Council
In office
April 2, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byGary Cohn
Succeeded byBrian Deese
Personal details
Born
Lawrence Alan Kudlow

(1947-08-20) August 20, 1947 (age 77)
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Democratic (Formerly)
Spouse(s)
Nancy Gerstein
(m. 1974⁠–⁠1975)

Susan Cullman Sicher (married
1981; Divorced)

Judith Pond
(m. 1986)
EducationUniversity of Rochester (BA)
Known forThe Kudlow Report
Kudlow & Cramer
WebsiteOfficial website

Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kudlow (born August 20, 1947) is an American conservative commentator, economic analyst, television personality, and newspaper columnist.[1] He was the 12th Director of the National Economic Council from April 2, 2018 to January 20, 2021. He was the host of CNBC's The Kudlow Report. As a syndicated columnist, his articles appear in numerous U.S. newspapers and web sites, including his own blog, Kudlow's Money Politic$.

In March 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Kudlow to be Director of the National Economic Council, replacing Gary Cohn.[2]

Personal life

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Kudlow was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey.[3]

He is of Jewish descent,[4] and converted to Roman Catholicism.[5]

On June 11, 2018, Kudlow suffered a heart attack.[6]

In 1970, while he was still a Democrat, Kudlow joined Americans for Democratic Action chair Joseph Duffey's "New Politics" senatorial campaign in Connecticut which also attracted an "A-list crowd of young Democrats", including Yale University law student Bill Clinton, John Podesta, and Michael Medved, another future conservative. Duffey was a leading anti-war politician during the Vietnam war era. Duffey's campaign manager called Kudlow a "brilliant organizer". In 1976, he worked on the U.S. Senate campaign of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, along with Tim Russert, against Conservative Party incumbent James L. Buckley, brother of William F. Buckley, Jr.

Kudlow began his career as a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, taking a position "as a junior economist in a job where a master's degree wasn't required". He worked in the division of the Fed that handled open market operations.

During the first term of the Reagan administration (1981–1985), Kudlow was associate director for economics and planning in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a part of the Executive Office of the President. In April 2005, New York Governor George Pataki included Kudlow in a six-member state tax commission.

Kudlow's name was floated by Republicans as a potential Senate candidate in either Connecticut or New York in 2016. In October 2015, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, in an email to supporters, attacked Kudlow as "a champion of big corporations and big money" despite Kudlow's not announcing a run. In early December 2015, Jack Fowler of National Review created a 527 organization that encouraged Kudlow to run.

References

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  1. "June 16 Bridal Set By Nancy Gerstein". The New York Times. 1974-05-26. Archived from the original on 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. Pramuk, Eamon Javers, Jacob (14 March 2018). "Trump to name Larry Kudlow as Gary Cohn replacement". www.cnbc.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Europa Publications Limited; International Publications Service (1983). International Who's Who, 1983-84. Europa Publications Limited. ISBN 9780905118864.
  4. Service, International Publications (1 January 1983). International Who's Who, 1983-84. Europa Publications Limited. ISBN 9780905118864 – via Google Books.[dead link]
  5. "New York Post". 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. Shannon Pettypiece; Jennifer Epstein (June 11, 2018). "Kudlow to Stay in Hospital After Heart Attack, White House Says". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

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