ALLISON CHOU

Allison Chou is an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School and a recipient of the school's Feldberg Fellowship as well as a Forté Fellow. Before business school, Allison was an associate at Baron Capital in New York, where she evaluated investment opportunities across global Internet equities. Prior to that, she worked in equity research at Goldman Sachs. In both her professional and personal endeavors, Allison hopes to drive greater and more equitable representation of women and underrepresented minorities in investing and entrepreneurship.

Allison graduated from Dartmouth College in 2017 with a B.A. in Economics and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. While at Dartmouth, she spent a term in southern India studying Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Hyderabad.

Allison is one of three sisters born and raised in Northern Virginia to proud Taiwanese immigrants. She is a member of the Young Executive Council of the Global Good Fund, a woman-led 501(c)(3) providing social entrepreneurs with leadership coaching and capital. In her free time, her interests include NBA basketball, sneakers, and Chinese hot pot.