Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, served from 2009 to 2017. Born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Obama's early years were marked by his parents' divorce when he was just 2 years old. Raised in part in Indonesia, he later returned to Honolulu to live with his grandparents.
Obama pursued his education at Occidental College in Los Angeles before transferring to Columbia University to study political science and international relations. He then attended Harvard Law School, where he met his future wife Michelle, with whom he has two daughters, Malia and Natasha 'Sasha.'
