Christopher C. DeMuth

Who is Christopher C. DeMuth?

Christopher C. DeMuth (born August 5, 1946, in Kenilworth, Ill.) is an American lawyer. He has been the president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank, since 1986. He has announced that he will step down as president in 2008. DeMuth is widely credited with reviving AEI's fortunes after its near-bankruptcy in 1986 and leading the institute to new levels of influence and growth. Before joining AEI, DeMuth worked on regulatory issues in the Ronald Reagan administration.DeMuth attended the Lawrenceville School, graduating in 1964. He graduated from Harvard College in 1968, after which he worked at the White House. After attending law school at the University of Chicago, he worked for law firm Sidley Austin, the Consolidated Rail Corporation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.When Reagan took office in 1981, DeMuth joined the administration as administrator for information and regulatory affairs at the Office of Management and Budget and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief. He was known as Reagan's deregulation czar.DeMuth later ran an economics consulting firm and edited and published AEI's Regulation magazine.