David Y. Choi

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]

David Y. Choi
Born
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUC Berkeley (BS, MS)
UCLA Anderson (Ph.D.)
Academic work
InstitutionsHarvard Business School (1999)
Loyola Marymount University (2003 – present)

Early life and education

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]

Career

After attending UC Berkeley and UCLA Anderson, Choi worked for The Boston Consulting Group[5] and Harvard Business School before getting more involved in entrepreneurial endeavors and teaching at Loyola Marymount University.[6] 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 a visiting professor at Peking University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Korea University.

He is a co-author of Values-Centered Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses published by Taylor Francis in 2010.[9]

Honors

Choi was the recipient of the Fritz B. Burns President's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019,[10] and was appointed to Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship in 2021.[11] Choi is the recipient of the Innovative Pedagogy Award for Entrepreneurship from the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.[12]

References

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