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Andrew Yang

Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, and Co-Founder, Forward Party

Andrew Yang is the Co-Founder of the Forward Party, a new independent political movement dedicated to restoring the promise of U.S. democracy. A Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, he is the founder of Humanity Forward and Venture for America. Yang’s New York Times bestseller The War on Normal People helped introduce the idea of universal basic income into the political mainstream, and his most recent book, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, became a national bestseller. He is also co-author of the political thriller The Last Election.