Professor David Y. Choi holds the Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship and directs the nationally ranked Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). He was instrumental in launching and growing LMU’s undergraduate Entrepreneurship major, the Business Incubator, the M.S. program in Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Innovation, Ascend LA (a program for developing diverse business owners), and the LMU Family Business Entrepreneurship Program.
Professor Choi has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in new venture creation, venture capital, social entrepreneurship, and technology management at LMU as well as other leading institutions around the world including Peking University and Korea University. Professor Choi is a recipient of The President’s Fritz B. Burns Distinguished Teaching Award at LMU and the winner of the Innovative Pedagogy Award from the United States Association of Business and Entrepreneurship. As director of the Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship, Professor Choi provides co-curricular programs for students across the university. Under his leadership, the entrepreneurship program at LMU continues to be ranked among the top programs in the U.S. by US News & World Report and Princeton Review.
Professor Choi writes broadly in the areas entrepreneurship and innovation and is a co-author author of a book titled Values-Centered Entrepreneurs. His articles have been published in such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Small Business Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Technovation, and Business Horizon. Professor Choi has been featured or quoted in major news outlets including Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, Fortune Magazine, The Guardian, and Wall Street Journal. Professor Choi has started, managed, or owned businesses in several industries including biotechnology, software, financial services, and foods – several of which have been acquired or gone public. He continues to advise several prominent startups and venture capital firms. Professor Choi started his career working with The Boston Consulting Group, Harvard Business School, Diamond Technology Partners, and several startups. Professor Choi received his B.S and M.S in Industrial Engineering at UC Berkeley and Ph.D. in Technology Management from UCLA.