John Raisian served as the Tad and Dianne Taube director of the Hoover Institution from 1990 until his retirement in 2015. Raisian oversaw the Institution’s transformation into the most significant academic hub for public policy research in the country during his leadership.

In 1980, Raisian started working for the government as a senior economist for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Office of Research and Evaluation. He started out as the special assistant for economic policy in the office of the assistant US secretary of labor for policy (1981–1983) before being named director of research and technical support (1983–1984). In 1983, he also served as the Task Force on Food and Assistance’s executive director.

John Raisian Net Worth At Death

According to estimates, John Raisian had a net worth of $5 million to $10 million at the time of his death.
Raisian was a crucial advisor to Condoleezza Rice and Thomas W. Gilligan from the time he retired in 2015 until his death.

As a senior fellow emeritus for the last eight years, he has been able to rediscover his passion for some areas of research, particularly the use of economic concepts in public policy and the value of building up human capital.