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| Alma mater | New York University Stern School of Business |
Avi Yashchin is an American businessman and entrepreneur.
Avi Yashchin | |
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| Alma mater | New York University Stern School of Business |
Avi Yashchin is an American businessman and entrepreneur.
He founded CleanEdison, a New York-based green-jobs vocational education company, in 2008. [1] Yashchin is currently an Instructor with General Assembly, [2] and has previously worked for Barclay's Capital and Lehman Brothers. [3] He received his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. [4]
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