Yergin is vice chairman of S&P Global. He was formerly vice chairman of IHS Markit, which merged with S&P in 2022.[1][2] He founded Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which IHS Markit acquired in 2004.[3] He has authored or co-authored several books on energy and world economics, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, (1991)[4] The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (2011),[5] and The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (2020).[6] Yergin's articles and op-eds on energy, history, and the economy have been published in publications such as The Wall Street Journal,[7][8] The New York Times,[9] The Washington Post,[10] and the Financial Times.[11] All of Yergin's books have been drafted in long-hand.[12] Currently a director on entities such as the Council on Foreign Relations[13] and the United States Energy Association,[14] he is also a trustee of the Brookings Institution[13][15] and a long-term advisor to several U.S. administrations,[16][17] as well as chairman of the annual CERAWeek energy conference.[18]