Jay Hartzell | |
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![]() Hartzell in 2019 | |
30th President of the University of Texas, Austin | |
Assumed office September 23, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Gregory L. Fenves |
Personal details | |
Born | Kansas, U.S. | September 1, 1969
Education | Trinity University (BS) University of Texas at Austin (MS, PhD) |
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Academic background | |
Thesis | The Impact of the Likelihood of Turnover on Executive Compensation (1998) |
Doctoral advisor | Laura Stark |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Finance |
Institutions | |
Jay Carter Hartzell is an American economist. He has served as the 30th President of the University of Texas at Austin since 2020. He is set to leave this position at the end of the 2024-25 academic year to become the 11th President of Southern Methodist University, effective June 1, 2025. Additionally, he holds the Centennial Chair in Business Education Leadership and the Trammell Crow Regents Professor in Business at UT Austin.[1][2]