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Andrew Yang, First Asian American To Run For PresidentLoading...
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By: Michael D.
Early Life
Andrew Yang was born in January 13 1975, in New York, USA. His parents were from China and emigrated here. He was bullied and called racial slurs in school because he skipped a grade and because his parents were from china. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school in New Hampshire and was part of 1992 US national debate team. He then got accepted into Columbia law school and earned a juris doctor in 1999.
After he finished college at Brown University(1992-1996), he then served as the vice president of a healthcare startup from 2002 to 2005. After a few years Yang joined his friend Zeke Vanderhook, in a test preparation school called Manhattan GMAT Vanderhook then later asked yang to take over as the CEO.
After he finished college at Brown University(1992-1996), he then served as the vice president of a healthcare startup from 2002 to 2005. After a few years Yang joined his friend Zeke Vanderhook, in a test preparation school called Manhattan GMAT Vanderhook then later asked yang to take over as the CEO.
Yang later resigned as the president and became a millionaire. Manhattan GMAT was bought by its larger competitor Kaplan in 2009 for $88 million. A former GMAT employee filed as lawsuit against yang allegedly paying her less than her fellow co workers and then firing her for complaining about it. IN the late 2011 yang started a Venture for America (VFA)
note 2 The organization was intended to find and train entrepreneurs to start businesses in economically stressed cities. Yang said it was succesful but it turned out to be not a success.
On November 6 2017, Andrew Yang decided to run for President of United States, the campaign started initially with a few staff hired by his mother. His slogans were "Humanity First" and "Make America Think Harder". Yang was "one of the first Asian Americans in history to run for president". In 2020, after failing to get on the ballot for the March 17 Ohio primary, Yang announced a write-in campaign. Even though he got 3x the amount of required signatures but nearly 3000 Ohioana's
note 2 The organization was intended to find and train entrepreneurs to start businesses in economically stressed cities. Yang said it was succesful but it turned out to be not a success.
On November 6 2017, Andrew Yang decided to run for President of United States, the campaign started initially with a few staff hired by his mother. His slogans were "Humanity First" and "Make America Think Harder". Yang was "one of the first Asian Americans in history to run for president". In 2020, after failing to get on the ballot for the March 17 Ohio primary, Yang announced a write-in campaign. Even though he got 3x the amount of required signatures but nearly 3000 Ohioana's
Andrew Yang hopes that his presidential campaign can inspire many more Asian Americans to be engaged in politics. Yang dropped out on his campaign on February 11, 2020. Yang was the first Asian American to run for president. During his candidacy proposed an idea called the Universal Base Income which gave 1,000 dollars a month to whoever lost their job due to automation.
Yang holding up a sign for his mayor election
In 2021 Yang ran for mayor of New York. He held the most amount of in-person events than any other candidate, he was seemingly going to become the mayor of New York until he got the coronavirus. He then had to quarantine and couldn't campaign, then on election day he only placed 4th of the 6th candidates getting the first votes. He decided to end his campaign.
