Michael A. Schwarz
Michael A. Schwarz is an economist who specializes in marketplace design and decision-making theory. He is known especially for his role in designing advertising auctions for technology companies.
Early life and education
Schwarz was born in Moscow on June 18, 1970. His father is
University of California Davis
.
Career
After earning his Ph.D., Schwarz spent 1999–2004 as an assistant professor of microeconomics at
Business Week reported that Schwarz and two of his students had “cracked” Google's AdWords code.[3] Schwarz's work was cited by observers as evidence for why tech companies were hiring so many economists.[4]
At Google, he led the team that created the carpool platform that became the foundation for Waze.[5] Later, he was the Chief Economist for Google Cloud.[6] He is currently Corporate Vice President and Chief Economist at Microsoft.[7]
Honors
- At Yahoo, Schwarz received the company's highest recognition, a Super Star award.[5]
- In 2013, he was awarded the Prize in Game Theory and Computer Science of the Game Theory Society, "awarded to the person (or persons) who have published the best paper at the interface of game theory and computer science in the last decade."[5]
Selected works
References
- ^ Delaney, Kevin J. (26 August 2006). "Hoping to Overtake Its Rivals, Yahoo Stocks Up on Academics". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Michael Luca and Max H. Bazeman, The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2020), 73.
- ^ Peter Coy, ”The Secret to Google’s Success,” Business Week, March 6, 2006, 42.
- ^ Susan Athey and Michael Luca, “Why Tech Companies Hire So Many Economists,” Harvard Business Review, February 12, 2019, https://hbr.org/2019/02/why-tech-companies-hire-so-many-economists.
- ^ a b c "Michael Schwarz". Future in Review.
- ^ "Michael Schwarz, Chief Economist of Microsoft, Joins AYTM (Ask Your Target Market) Board of Directors | Markets Insider". December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Michael Schwarz at Microsoft Research". Microsoft.
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