Nouriel Roubini was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Persian Jewish parents.[1] When he was an infant, his family lived briefly in Iran and Israel. From 1962 to 1983 he resided in Italy where he attended Bocconi University in Milan, earning a B.A., summa cum laude, in economics. He received his Ph.D. in international economics from Harvard University in 1988, where his adviser was Jeffrey Sachs.[1] He is a U.S. citizen and speaks English, Persian, Italian, and Hebrew.[6] Another 'citizen of the world' appointed to a prominent position within the U.S. Government. Another fine example that having foreigners run our government clearly isn't working.