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Employees Mercatus Center Inc Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen

OfficerTrustee/director

Chair at Mercatus Center Inc

Fiscal year ended August 31, 2024. Published on January 25, 2026.

$133,378
2024

Total compensation

Tyler Cowen has been listed as an employee of Mercatus Center Inc in Form 990 filings since fiscal year 2021. Total compensation for Tyler Cowen has increased by 70.4% from 2021 to 2024.

Annual compensation details

$133,378
-40.7%
Chair
2024
$134k org
1 hr/wk
$225,000
+187.5%
Chair
2023
$225k org
1 hr/wk
$78,258
±0%
Chair
2022

Total compensation by year

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2024

Other employees at Mercatus Center Inc

Daniel Rothschild
Executive Director
$536,530
$503,750 from orgNo related comp$32,780 other
Daniel Butler
Senior Development Director
$362,476
$335,129 from orgNo related comp$27,347 other
Veronique de Rugy
Senior Research Fellow
$336,074
$315,671 from orgNo related comp$20,403 other
Eileen Norcross
Vice President of Policy Research
$302,480
$275,929 from orgNo related comp$26,551 other
Jennifer Zambone
Secretary and Vice President of Operations
$274,129
$263,150 from orgNo related comp$10,979 other
Brian Knight
Director of Innovation and Governance
$249,038
$233,255 from orgNo related comp$15,783 other
Virgil Henry Storr
Director/ Vice President Academic and Student Programs
$247,372
$247,251 from orgNo related comp$121 other
Alden Abbott
Senior Research Fellow
$236,652
$235,860 from orgNo related comp$792 other
Gary Leff
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
$215,989
$195,000 from orgNo related comp$20,989 other
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January 25, 2026:
2024 Mercatus Center Inc 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2023 Mercatus Center Inc 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2022 Mercatus Center Inc 990 published

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