Brad Olsen

Brad Olsen (born January 1997) is a New Zealand economics commentator and CEO of Infometrics, an economic consultancy in Wellington. The New Zealand Herald described him as a "household name" after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early life Olsen was born in Whangārei. As a child he would watch the evening news and write notes into a notepad about trends in the stock market. The same year he travelled to Malta to participate in 33Sixty, a four-day summit with 100 other young leaders from Commonwealth countries. He was there to help "solve profiteering from the refugee crisis".

Career After he left high school, Olsen received an internship after a scholarship at Infometrics, a Wellington economic consultancy company which he became CEO of in 2022. He studied a double degree in economics and politics at Victoria University while working part-time. After graduating, he received the title "senior economist". When he was 22, a year after graduating, he was used as an expert economics commentator by journalists. He received the Queen's Young Leader Award in Buckingham Palace in 2016, and Young Wellingtonian of the year in 2020.

During their tour of New Zealand in 2021 he met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. He is a regular speaker on Breakfast and Newstalk ZB. , Olsen is a member of Asia New Zealand Foundation's Leadership Network, Wellington Council's District Alcohol Licensing Committee, NZQA's External Advisory Group, the Citizens Health Council of the Capital and Coast DHB, and the Wellington Youth Council. In 2019, he was appointed a Justice of the peace (JP), becoming the youngest JP in New Zealand at that time.