Andrew Yang is a 44-year-old entrepreneur, the child of Taiwanese immigrants, and a first-time presidential candidate. A Phillips Exeter Academy alum and a married father of two, he graduated from Columbia Law School and worked briefly as a corporate lawyer before striking out as an entrepreneur. Yang gained widespread recognition — including from the Obama administration — for starting the nonprofit Venture for America, which helps entrepreneurs build businesses in cities across the country.
Yang filed paperwork to run for president in 2017, and quickly staked out his signature issue: giving every American adult a basic income. On March 12, […]
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