Fatih Karahan was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 1982. He entered Istanbul High School in 1993. After completing his secondary education, he studied Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University, graduating in 2006.
He went on to study in the United States at University of Pennsylvania, receiving both a Master of Economics and a doctoral degree in economics in 2012 under the supervision of Dirk Kruger and Guido Menzio.
Career
After earning his PhD, Karahan started his professional career as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was the head of the labor and product market department and advisor for money politics until 2022.
In November 2022, he started working at Amazon as a senior economist. While at Amazon, Karahan focused on issues including matters of labor and "inventory efficiency".[2] He served as a part-time lecturer at Columbia University and New York University in 2022.[1] Prior to his appointment to the Central Bank, Karahan was reportedly considered for a deputy ministerial position under Minister of Treasury and FinanceMehmet Şimşek.[2]
