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Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang is an American businessman, lobbyist and political commentator. He founded the political party and action committee Forward Party in 2021, for which he serves as co-chair alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Michael S. Willner.
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business · American businessman and politician (born 1975) · entrepreneur · lawyer · political pundit · also Andrew Yang, Yang
Born 13 January 1975 · Q28723576
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I was looking out at New York and thinking, ‘Wow, is this why my parents came to this country?’
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2026· 13 entries
“I was looking out at New York and thinking, ‘Wow, is this why my parents came to this country?’”
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“What are you going to do about your debt?”
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“I had to calm him down. I was a little bit worried, too. But I feel kids have to make their own decisions.”
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“It felt very purposeless and empty,”
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“And we believe you need a good education to have a good job.”
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“That story actually had a profound effect on me. It was scientific, it was real, and it explained a lot to me. Because I’ve met a lot of powerful people, and a lot of them have had what I call ‘the force field,’ where you say something to them and it doesn’t really sink in. It’s like things are bouncing off. I’ve always been conscious that I never want that force field.”
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“If the Democrats of Iowa decide to embrace a different economic vision, it can catch hold like wildfire and sweep the country.”
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“So imagine having that certainty. In entrepreneurship language, there are two approaches to something: One, someone else will take care of it. Or two, I’m going to have to take care of it. And in this case, I knew that no one else was going to take care of it.”
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“I believe what you probably think I believe.”
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“confident that no longer being a Democrat is the right thing”
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Public attention spiked: 4,304 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 1,222, with 3 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
Published video “Coming Monday @TheProfGPod himself joins the fun.”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Andrew Yang posted on X "RIP Ozzy Osbourne, a true American original. 🙏❤️🇺🇸"” Edited Later.
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2024· 7 entries
Following Biden's withdrawal from the race, Yang endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in a statement on social media
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Published video “Guess That Word with Andrew Yang”.
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Published video “The MATH isn't adding up.”.
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Published video “How to fix America in 8 seconds. #tedtalk”.
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Published video “Here’s what prevents change in America… #tedtalk”.
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“s 2024 presidential campaign, in an effort to help qualify him for the upcoming Republican primary debates. Later in December, Yang endorsed Representative Andy Kim for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 New Jersey Senate election. In January 2024, Yang endorsed Dean Phillips”
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Campaign: 2024 election cycle.
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2023· 4 entries
Published video “Andrew Yang talks "The Last Election" on Good Morning America”.
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Published video “pls send more vines to show andrew! thx -team yang”.
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Published video “Heard he wanted to give people money too.”.
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Published video “Andrew Yang & Bill Maher talk UBI, third parties, & presidential politics”.
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2022· 4 entries
Andrew Yang joined the advisory team at Legendary Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, to drive strategic value across the firm's portfolio of consumer retail technology investments, alongside Fung Brothers Ven
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The Forward Party announced a merger with the Serve America Movement and the Renew America Movement to form a new political party
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Published video “Andrew Yang Addresses Columbia Law School Class of 2022”.
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Yang announced the launch of a Web3 community whose membership token fees would be used to fund lobbying work on behalf of Web3, blockchain, and cryptocurrency interests on Capitol Hill
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2021· 8 entries
Campaign ended: 2021 New York City mayoral election.
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Andrew Yang left the Democratic Party to become an independent politician, faulting what he characterized as a system stuck in increasing polarization, saying that he is "more comfortable trying to fix the system than be
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Yang announced on his blog that he had changed his voter registration from Democrat to Independent, saying he was "confident that no longer being a Democrat is the right thing"; the next day he announced the formation of
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Yang stopped a physical assault on a photojournalist on the Staten Island Ferry by placing himself between the attacker and the journalist
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Snopes rated the claim “Andrew Yang said that New York City should just be called York because there isn't an Old York.” False.
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Politico reported that Yang left New York City during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to stay at his second home in New Paltz, New York
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For which he serves as co-chair alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Michael S
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Campaign: 2021 New York City mayoral election.
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2020· 7 entries
Yang announced that he was taking legal action against the New York State Board of Elections after the state election commission voted to cancel its presidential primary
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Following the suspension of his presidential campaign, Yang announced that he was creating the nonprofit organization Humanity Forward Foundation, dedicated to promoting the ideas he campaigned on during his run, such as
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After a disappointing result in the New Hampshire primary
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Claimed: “Says that Amazon "is literally paying zero in taxes."” — rated Estimated to pay for 2019, not for 2017 and 2018 by PolitiFact.
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Yang received the 2021 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Public Service, awarded by the Vilcek Foundation
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Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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OpenSecrets estimated it being as low as $584,047
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2019· 11 entries
Claimed: ““There are only two countries in the world that don’t have paid family leave for new moms. The United States of America and Papua New Guinea. "” — rated Mostly true by The New York Times.
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Claimed: “"I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Automation puts millions of jobs at risk.” — rated It helps and hurts by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"Andrew Yang for President 2020 tonight bribed 10 families at $12,000 dollars each to vote for him. This is a blatant violation of FEC rules and is automatic disqualification to run for any office."” We may never know.
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Claimed: “"I'm going to share a story that I heard secondhand, so I can't verify it. But there was a Top Gun, a fighter pilot, who said that his least favorite time of the year is at the end of the fiscal year, because he flies over the Pacific Ocean and dumps oil into the ocean. ... Because they have to u…” — rated No Evidence by FactCheck.org.
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A CNN infographic displaying the results of a poll included candidate Beto O'Rourke but not Yang, even though the poll showed Yang polling three times higher than O'Rourke
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Claimed: “"Amazon is closing 30% of America's stores and malls and paying zero in taxes while doing it."” — rated Not the whole story by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"We automated away 4 million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and we're about to do the same thing to millions of retail jobs, call center jobs, fast food jobs, truck driving jobs and on and on through the economy."” — rated not the only reason by PolitiFact.
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Yang reported on his tax return that he rented out this home for 58 days to friends or on Airbnb
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In 2019, Yang reported on his tax return that he rented out this home for 58 days to friends or on Airbnb.
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2017· 1 entry
Yang filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for President of the United States in 2020
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2015· 4 entries
Awarded Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (2015).
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Was selected as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship
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Yang was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship
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“I'm very proud of my son and anyone who has someone on the spectrum in their family feels the exact same way.”
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Champion of Change (2012).
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Yang was named a "Champion of Change" by the Obama administration
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2011· 1 entry
Yang was recognized by "Champions of Change", a White House program that honored 500 people from every state for extraordinary work in their communities
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2006· 1 entry
Vanderhoek asked Yang to take over as CEO
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1996· 1 entry
And a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University in 1999
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1975· 4 entries
Born 1975-01-13.
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To a Taiwanese American family in Schenectady, New York
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“s services. On March 20, CNN reported that Humanity Forward would soon spend $1 million on $1,000 monthly payments to 500 low-income households in the Bronx during the crisis. Yang tweeted that the number of households was expected to double with additional funding. On August 3, Yang announced that his organization was partnering with The $1K Project, an online network that helps identify families in need, who will be awarded three months of $1,000 payments. One of the network”
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“. CNN, (April 14, 2019). The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math. 15 April 2019 There are millions of women across the country who are stuck in exploitative or abusive jobs or relationships that would be improved simply by putting $1,000 a month in their hands. May 2019 Not Left, Not Right, Forward.”
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