Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang is the founder and CEO of Venture for America, a fellowship program that places top college graduates in start-ups for two years in emerging US cities (Detroit, New Orleans, Providence, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Cleveland, Philadelphia, among others) to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs. Venture for America is regarded as one of the leading social innovation initiatives in the country today and has a goal of helping create 100,000 new US jobs by 2025. Andrew has worked in start-ups and early-stage growth companies as a founder or executive for more than twelve years. He was the CEO and president of Manhattan GMAT, a test preparation company that was acquired by the Washington Post Company/Kaplan in 2009. He has also served as the cofounder of an Internet company and an executive at a health care software start-up. He has appeared on many media outlets, including CNBC, Fox News, Time, Techcrunch, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, and was named a Champion of Change by the White House for his work with Venture for America, as well as one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business.” He is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Brown University and lives in New York City with his wife and son.