Aneesh Raman

Aneesh Raman
Book Event for 'West Wingers' in Boston
Alma materHarvard College
Occupations
  • Tech Executive
  • Policy Advisor
  • Speechwriter
  • Newscaster
SpouseDr. Haley Naik

Aneesh Raman is Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn.[1] [2] A former CNN war correspondent and speechwriter to President Barack Obama,[3][4] Raman has focused his career in recent years on the expansion of economic opportunity. He first wrote about that issue in a 2016 guest essay for Fortune Magazine.[5] In January 2024, he co-authored an opinion piece for The New York Times entitled The AI Economy Will Make Jobs More Human.[6]

Raman has contributed to two books. He recounted his experience as the first Indian-American Presidential Speechwriter in West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House[7] and authored a chapter in My Life: Growing Up Asian in America, which was the first title released by the relaunched MTV Books. [8]

A graduate of Harvard College and a former Fulbright scholar, Raman is a Board Member at Shanti Bhavan school.[9] He is a former member of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library's New Frontier Award Committee[10] as well as a former term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.[11]

  1. ^ "Working Nation interview with Aneesh Raman". 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Aneesh Raman".
  3. ^ "Aneesh Raman".
  4. ^ "Snowday Playbook". Politico.
  5. ^ "Can Silicon Valley Save The American Dream".
  6. ^ "The AI Economy Will Make Jobs More Human". The New York Times.
  7. ^ West Wingers | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
  8. ^ Growing Up Asian in America. Simon and Schuster. 25 April 2023. ISBN 978-1-9821-9536-6.
  9. ^ "Shanti Bhavan 25th Anniversary" (Press release).
  10. ^ "New Frontier Award Committee".
  11. ^ "CFR Membership Roster".