Who Is Larry Summers? The Former Harvard President the Epstein Files Just Brought Down

For fifty years, Lawrence H. Summers was one of the most powerful figures in American public life. He advised presidents, ran Harvard, shaped the global economy in moments of crisis, and earned a reputation as one of the sharpest economic minds of his generation. On February 25, 2026, he resigned from Harvard in connection with his emails to Jeffrey Epstein. He previously lost his seat on OpenAI's board and The American Economic Association issued him a lifetime ban.

Who Is Larry Summers?