Andrei Cherny

Andrei Hugo Cherny (born August 4, 1975) is an American lawyer and political speechwriter. He is the founder and president of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Cherny served as the co-founder and CEO of Aspiration, Inc., a financial firm based in Marina del Rey, California, from 2013 to October 2022. Early life and education Cherny was born in Los Angeles, on August 4, 1975. His parents, Helena and Pavel, were Czechoslovak Jewish immigrants who initially spoke little English. After graduating from North Hollywood High School, Cherny graduated with honors from Harvard College. He later received his Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law with support from The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Career 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. Clinton used several of Cherny's lines in his 1997 inaugural address and hired the twenty-one-year-old Cherny after his graduation. Cherny was the youngest White House speechwriter in American history.