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Andrew Yang

Founder & CEO of Venture for America and Author

Andrew Yang is the founder and CEO of , a New York City-based nonprofit organization focused on placing top-college graduates in startups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs. He is also the author of

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