Claim: Hwang finished his degree at Princeton; then deferred his attendance at Harvard Business School to start the company while Yao took a leave of absence from Emory University.
Evidence: In the Spring of 2013, as Hwang was finishing his degree at Princeton, he launched FiscalNote along with two friends from high school, Gerald Yao and Jonathan Chen. Hwang deferred his attendance at Harvard Business School to start the company while Yao took a leave of absence from Emory University.