ECONOMIST

Kristalina Georgieva

1953 - Today

Kristalina Georgieva

Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova (Bulgarian: Кристалина Иванова Георгиева-Кинова; née Georgieva; born 13 August 1953) is a Bulgarian economist serving as the 12th managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019, and the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the institution. Born in Sofia, her university education was at London School of Economics (LSE), followed by a return to her native Bulgaria where she witnessed some of the economic hardships of the post-Communist transition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kristalina Georgieva has received more than 1,694,249 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Kristalina Georgieva is the 100th most popular economist (up from 111th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Economist.

Memorability Metrics

1.7M
Page Views (PV)
66.23
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
41
Languages Editions (L)
7.18
Effective Languages (L*)
3.20
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Kristalina Georgieva ranks 100 out of 414. Before her are George Akerlof, Jacques Attali, Dale T. Mortensen, Gottfried Feder, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, and Gérard Debreu. After her are Lorenz von Stein, Oskar Morgenstern, Bingu wa Mutharika, Douglas McGregor, Thomas Schelling, and Silvio Gesell.

Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

George Akerlof
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 94
Jacques Attali
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 95
Dale T. Mortensen
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 96
Gottfried Feder
1883 - 1941
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 97
Hermann Heinrich Gossen
1810 - 1858
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 98
Gérard Debreu
1921 - 2004
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 99
Kristalina Georgieva
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 100
Lorenz von Stein
1815 - 1890
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 101
Oskar Morgenstern
1902 - 1977
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 102
Bingu wa Mutharika
1934 - 2012
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 103
Douglas McGregor
1906 - 1964
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 104
Thomas Schelling
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 105
Silvio Gesell
1862 - 1930
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 106

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kristalina Georgieva ranks 56. Before her are Cha Bum-kun, Mata Amritanandamayi, David Morse, Roberto Bolaño, Gaetano Scirea, and José María Aznar. After her are Ron Jeremy, John Zorn, Armen Sarkissian, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Nanni Moretti, and Alisher Usmanov.

Others Born in 1953

Go to all Rankings

Cha Bum-kun
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 50
Mata Amritanandamayi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 51
David Morse
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 52
Roberto Bolaño
WRITER
1953 - 2003
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 53
Gaetano Scirea
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - 1989
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 54
José María Aznar
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 55
Kristalina Georgieva
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 56
Ron Jeremy
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 57
John Zorn
MUSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 58
Armen Sarkissian
PHYSICIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 59
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 60
Nanni Moretti
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 61
Alisher Usmanov
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 62