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David Y. Choi, Ph.D., is a Korean American professor and entrepreneur. He holds the Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University.

Early Life and Education
Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Germany and then to California when he was in high school. He attended UC Berkeley for Engineering and UCLA Anderson for his Ph.D. in Management.

Career
Choi worked for The Boston Consulting Group and Harvard Business School where he was a founding member and fellow of the Leadership Initiative. before getting more involved in his entrepreneurial endeavors eventually and teaching at Loyola Marymount University. He was a visiting professor at Peking University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Korea University.

Professional Work
Choi has written broadly on entrepreneurship and innovation. He is a co-author of Values-Centered Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses published by Taylor Francis in 2010. His co-authored article on the beer industry was reported in Wall Street Journal. His co-authored article on online piracy and innovation was featured in the Guardian and Sydney Morning Herald. He was profiled in Korea media about his work in Silicon Beach.

He is an advisor to venture capital firms ACVC Partners and Tylt Ventures. He was Chief Business Officer of Nanogea Corporation, president of Matinee Media , and director of Heavy Earth Resources.

Honors
Choi was the recipient of the Fritz B. Burns President's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019 and was appointed to Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship in 2021. Choi is the recipient of the Innovative Pedagogy Award for Entrepreneurship from the [https://www.usasbe.org/? United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship].