Emily Oster

CEO, Founder, and Author @ ParentData

About

Emily Oster is on a mission to empower parents by providing the data and tools they need to make confident decisions. In addition to being a Professor of Economics at Brown University, Emily is the founder and CEO of ParentData, a data-driven guide to pregnancy, parenting, and beyond. ParentData’s weekly newsletter now has hundreds of thousands of subscribers, along with a strong social media community. Emily is also a New York Times best-selling author, whose books include Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm and The Unexpected. She has sold over 1 million copies thus far.

Country

United States

City

Providence

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Writing, University Teaching, Research Skills, Data Analysis, Econometrics, Lecturing, Public Speaking, Higher Education, Health Economics, Economics, Statistics, Teaching

Experience

CEO, Founder, and Author

ParentData

2020 - Present · 6 yrs

Professor of Economics

Brown University

2014 - Present · 12 yrs

Founder

COVID-19 School Data Hub

2020 - Present · 6 yrs

Author

Penguin Random House

2013 - Present · 13 yrs

"Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know" (2013) - New York Times Bestseller "Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool" (2019) - New York Times Bestseller “The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years” (2021) - New York Times Bestseller