David Y. Choi

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]