Andrei Cherny
| Andrei Cherny | |
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| CEO of Aspiration | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 4, 1975 Los Angeles, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie Fleischman |
| Children | Benjamin, Arabelle |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (B.A.) UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D) |
| Profession | Attorney, Author, Naval Reserve Officer |
| Religion | Judaism |
Andrei Hugo Cherny (born August 4, 1975) is the CEO of Aspiration. He is also an author, historian, and the founder and President of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas as well as a former business consultant to Fortune 100 companies, prosecutor, Navy reserve officer, White House aide, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the John F. Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and chair of the Arizona Democratic Party.
Cherny was born in Los Angeles, California on August 4, 1975. His parents, Helena (née Weltman) and Pavel Cherny, were Czechoslovakian Jewish immigrants that spoke little English.
Cherny graduated with honors from Harvard College. He later received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) with support from The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
As a writer for The Harvard Crimson, he wrote political pieces highlighting Clinton's reelection campaign. The White House communications director noticed his column and circulated it until it finally reached President Clinton's desk. President Clinton used several of Cherny's lines in his 1997 inaugural address and hired the twenty-one-year-old Cherny ten days later. Cherny was the youngest White House speechwriter in American history. President Clinton has called him a “critical part of the team” which brought about the economic successes of the 1990s.
Cherny then went on to be an advisor to elected officials and business leaders. Over the years, he has provided policy and strategic advice to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, the top executives of companies such as Microsoft and Intel, and prominent civic leaders.
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