Benjamin Ian Chen 陳昱安

About me
19 y/o born in Minnesota, studied in Hong Kong & Taiwan, currently living in New York City 
B.A. in Economics & Mathematics & Business Studies @ New York University

Present
Founder @
Pillar, on the side running a newsletter documenting the process with 44k subscribers
Founder @
The Branden Center, global research center focused on US-Asia relations
Intern @
The Bailingguo News, nearly 1M subscribers
Venture Partner @
Bullmont Capital, a venture studio for student founders
Videographer & Editor @
兩岸1949, documentaries with 500k views
I write sometimes too (& in chinese)

Past
Founder @ EconHacks, a hackathon that raised 270k USD worth of prizes with 3000+ participants across chapters
‍Founder @ Youth Politician (50,000 readers per month, 150+ student journalists), acquired by Institute for Youth in Policy
Equity Research Summer Analyst @ Atomvest Limited covering US Software (HCM)
Research & Translation @ Taiwan's
National Policy Foundation (Kuomintang)
Legislative Research Assistant @ Taiwan's Congress
Vice President of Policy @ 
Institute for Youth in Policy
Quantitative Research Intern @
Derivatives China Capital
COVID Research Intern @
Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis
Published two books: Youth Economist Compilation & International Policnomics

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