Andrew Sanchez, PhD

A four-year Great Books camper, multi-year program assistant, and now faculty member, Dr. Andrew Sanchez is co-founder and CEO of AI music platform Udio.

Andrew earned his DPhil at the University of Oxford where he studied the future of work and basic income as an Ertegun Scholar. He has lectured at the World Basic Income Congress, at the University of Cambridge, and his work was included in a book chapter on the intellectual history of basic income. He is a graduate of Oxford, Harvard, and Phillips Academy and is the recipient of Clarendon and von Clemm scholarships.

In a recent conversation with Andrew about his leadership of the Great Books Critical Thinking for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, Andrew shared the impact of Great Books on opening his world up as a young student. He also noted that one of the greatest lessons he learned at Great Books, one that he continues to use today, is the power of narrative, “The importance of narrative comes through every single day in the business environment. Your ability to express and create narratives is something that enables you to be a leader. It enable you to persuade people of your vision and ultimately to bring about the change that you want to see in the world….”