What is Andrew Yang?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrew Yang | image = Andrew Yang November 2023.jpg | caption = Yang in November 2023 | birth_name = Andrew M. Yang | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Schenectady, New York]], [[United States|U.S]] | residence = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S]] | alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Columbia University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])|[[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}} | party = Forward (2021–present) | otherparty = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (until 2021) | spouse = {{marriage|Evelyn Yang|2010}} | children = 2 | awards = Presidential Ambassador of Global Entrepreneurship (2015) White House Champion of Change (2012) |signature = Andrew Yang signature.svg }} '''Andrew M. Yang''' (born January 13, 1975) is an [[Americans|American]] [[entrepreneur]], political commentator and [[politician]]. He started [[Venture for America]]. He was a [[Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign|candidate]] for [[President of the United States]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]]. Until 2021, he was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Yang ran for [[Mayor of New York City]] in the [[2021 New York City mayoral election|2021 election]]. In 2021, he started the Forward Party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrew Yang's new 3rd party will be called 'The Forward Party,' according to his forthcoming book |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-new-3rd-party-name-forward-party-book-2021-9 |last=Lahut |first=Jake |date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=September 23, 2021 |website=[[Insider Inc.]]}}</ref> ==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]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062292056/smart-people-should-build-things|title=Smart People Should Build Things - Andrew Yang - E-