Gabriel Zucman (born 30 October 1986) is a French economist who is currently an associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley‘s Goldman School of Public Policy,[1][2] Chaired Professor at the Paris School of Economics,[3] and Director of the EU Tax Observatory.

[4] Zucman is a major proponent of the idea behind the current push for a global wealth tax on centimillionaires and richer still high-net-worth individuals .

[13] In 2018, Zucman was the recipient of the Prize for the Best Young Economist in France, awarded by the Cercle des économistes and Le Monde in recognition of his research on tax evasion and avoidance and their economic consequences.

His PhD dissertation, under the supervision of Thomas Piketty, explored whether the wealthy left France due to its wealth tax.

He also co–founded and acted as editor–in–chief for Regards croisés sur l'économie, a review aimed at exposing the French general public to academic research in economics.

[19] Zucman was chosen to be the founding director of the EU Tax Observatory in June 2021, an independent research laboratory hosted by the Paris School of Economics.

[22] Zucman is recognized as one of the world's leading experts on tax evasion, but has made contributions to the field of public economics more broadly.

[2] Based on his calculations, he finds about 8% of the global financial wealth of households, or $7.6 trillion, to be held in tax havens, three–quarters of which go undeclared.

[34] (‡) Identified as one of the largest 5 Sinks (British Virgin Islands, Luxemburg, Hong Kong, Jersey, Bermuda), by CORPNET in 2017.

[2] In May 2020, Zucman criticized White House Advisor Kevin Hassett's usage of the term "human capital stock", claiming it "only makes sense in the context of slave societies".