[7][8] Orszag graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1991 and received his bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University in 1996.
In 1999, the Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Orszag its leadership award for "forging innovative public policies to expand economic opportunity in America."
From 1995 to 1996, Orszag was an economic consultant to James Carville while he wrote the book We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives.
[12] Orszag works on antitrust matters, including giving testimony before the European Court of First Instance in its 2007 case, Microsoft Corp v. Commission.
[13][14][15] He's also served as an expert witness in the California matter, Hewlet-Packard Co. v Oracle Corp.[16] Orszag is married to entertainment journalist Mary Kitchen.
[17] Orszag serves on boards of the Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and the Tiger Woods Foundation.