Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-born American economist who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 1993. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. He was named Institute Professor in 2019. **Source**: [Daron Acemoglu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron_Acemoglu) on Wikipedia.