Kevin Allen Hassett (born March 20, 1962) is an American economist who was the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
He is known for his work on tax policy and for coauthoring the book Dow 36,000, published in 1999.
On June 2, 2019, President Trump announced Hassett's impending departure from the Trump Administration.
Prior to becoming Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Hassett was the State Farm James Q.
Wilson Chair in American Politics and Culture and Director of Research for Domestic Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
He was John McCain's chief economic adviser in the 2000 presidential primaries and an economic adviser to the campaigns of George W.
Bush in the 2004 presidential election and McCain in the presidential election of 2008.
He was among Mitt Romney's economic advisers for the 2012 presidential campaign.In early 2017, Hassett was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the 29th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
The United States Senate confirmed him in an 81–16 vote on September 12, 2017.
He was sworn in on September 13, 2017.
He announced his departure on June 2, 2019; to be finalized in the proceeding weeks.