Jane Hoffman

Jane S. Hoffman (born July 20, 1964) is an American public policy expert and author on consumer affairs and the environment, and, most recently, on big tech companies and private data. She has served many roles in government and civics, including at the United Nations Her father is a real estate developer, owner of Steiner Studios (the largest movie studio complex in the eastern United States), She also studied labor relations at the London School of Economics.

Career Hoffman worked as a Salomon Brothers analyst,

In 2002, Hoffman ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York State. She was a leading contender for the position, but abandoned the campaign for health reasons. Later, she ran New York State's reform program for public authorities and was on city commissions for public advocacy and cultural affairs.

In 2007, Hoffman founded a private civic organization, the Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy. The book was excerpted in Scientific American. Publishers Weekly called it an "accessible and surprisingly entertaining... informed overview."

In 2020, Hoffman was made fellow of Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative and served as a senior fellow for 2021 and 2022. She served as co-chair of gender equity for the fellows.

In April 2022, Post Hill Press published her second book, Your Data, Their Billions: Unraveling and Simplifying Big Tech, which explains how websites use and sell everyday tech users' data and how they can protect themselves from major tech companies.

Personal life She married Michael Hoffman, an investment banker with The Blackstone Group, on October 28, 1995. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani performed the ceremony, together with Rabbi Daniel Cohen, at the Metropolitan Club.