Kwon’s recent activities include working as a host for the Discovery Channel, a special correspondent for CNN, a lecturer at the FBI Academy, and a partner in Red Mango frozen yogurt. He has been active in a number of charitable efforts and has organized a nationwide campaign to increase the number of minority bone marrow donors – a cause he began championing when his best friend died from leukemia in college. He has also focused his efforts on encouraging more youth and minorities to get involved in public service and becoming politically empowered.
Kwon obtained his B.S. degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received the James Lyons Award for Service. He went on to Yale Law School and served on the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal. Following graduation, Kwon enjoyed a diverse career straddling both the private and public sectors in law, politics, business, and technology. As an attorney, he clerked on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and practiced a mix of litigation, appellate, transactional and regulatory work at several law firms. As a legislative aide to Senator Joseph Lieberman, he helped draft portions of the Homeland Security Act, authored a landmark bill on nanotechnology, and organized a bipartisan caucus on science and technology. Several years ago, Kwon transitioned into the business sector, first joining McKinsey as a management consultant and then crossing over to Google's business strategy group.
