David Y. Choi | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | UC Berkeley (BS, MS) UCLA Anderson (Ph.D.) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Harvard Business School (1999) Loyola Marymount University (2003 –present) |
David Y. Choi is a Korean American professor and entrepreneur. [1] He holds the Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University. [2]
Choi was born in Seoul,South Korea and moved to Germany and then to California when he was in high school. [3] He attended UC Berkeley for Engineering and UCLA Anderson for his Ph.D. in management. [4]
After attending UC Berkeley and UCLA Anderson,Choi worked for The Boston Consulting Group [5] and Harvard Business School where he helped found the Leadership Initiative before getting more involved in entrepreneurial endeavors and teaching at Loyola Marymount University. [6] Choi worked with various food,software,and biotech companies as co-founder,board member,or advisor,and as interim president of two publicly traded firms. [6] At Loyola Marymount University,Choi was the recipient of the Fritz B. Burns President's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019 [7] and was appointed to Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship in 2021. [8] He was also the co-director of the Ascend LA Program which offered an effective entrepreneurship training programs for women and people of color. [6] He was a visiting professor at Peking University,Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,and Korea University. [9]
He is a co-author of Values-Centered Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses published by Taylor Francis in 2010. [10]
Choi was the recipient of the Fritz B. Burns President's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019, [11] and was appointed to Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship in 2021. [12] Choi is the recipient of the Innovative Pedagogy Award for Entrepreneurship from the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. [13]
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