Steven Wang

Steven Wang is a lawyer, educator, and public interest leader whose work focuses on artificial intelligence, democratic institutions, China and the world, and the future of work. He teaches at Harvard Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where his courses and writing examine China’s engagement with the international legal order, the institutional and social consequences of artificial intelligence, technological competition, and the role of middle powers.

Wang also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Venture for Canada, a national charitable organization that prepares young people and small and medium-sized businesses for an economy being reshaped by technological change. In that role, he works on responsible AI adoption, economic mobility, and workforce development.

Earlier in his career, Wang practiced as a corporate and M&A attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Paul, Weiss LLP in New York and Toronto. Before entering legal practice, he founded a social enterprise in China that was supported by the Gates Foundation, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

A Rhodes Scholar, Wang holds degrees from the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford, and Harvard Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Law Journal. He is a David Rockefeller Fellow at the Trilateral Commission.