Andrew Yang

Andrew M. Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American entrepreneur, political commentator and politician. He started Venture for America. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. Until 2021, he was a Democrat. Yang ran for Mayor of New York City in the 2021 election. In 2021, he started the Forward Party.

Career
Yang has started and helped run new companies and companies in their early stages. He wrote Smart People Should Build Things, a book about entrepreneurship, published by HarperCollins, and The War on Normal People, about people's jobs being replaced by technology, published by Hachette Book Group.

2020 presidential campaign

In November 2017, Yang filed to run for President of the United States in 2020 as a Democrat. Yang said that the government should pay all Americans $1000 every month. He ended his campaign on February 11, 2020 after a poor performance in the New Hampshire primary. Days later, Yang joined CNN as a political commentator.

2021 New York City mayoral campaign
On December 24, 2020 Yang filed paperwork to run for Mayor of New York City in the 2021 election. He officially entered the race on January 13, 2021. On July 6, 2021, Associated Press announced that Eric Adams won the Democratic primary.

References

Other websites
 Official campaign website

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