Christopher Kuo
Co-Chair of STM’s STM’s NextGen Leadership Collective | Managing Director at Citigroup
Christopher and his mother, Michelle Chen Kuo, are a mother & son two piano team on a mission to make the world a better place. They are currently on a benefit concert tour, using their talents to raise money for nonprofits in the hunger relief, education, and social service sectors. Christopher was inspired to launch their project in 2016 to give his mother a chance to live her performance dreams after she sacrificed her career to raise her children. They have performed together in many major performance spaces, including Zankel and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, the Eisemann Center in Dallas, and the David Friend Recital Hall at Berklee College of Music. In collaboration with nearly 30 philanthropic organizations, they have been able to help raise more than $3,250,000 for social causes across more than 40 recitals. Their partners include national organizations including Feeding America, Minds Matter, RLC, and the Chinese-American Planning Council. Their project has been featured on PIX 11 NY, NBC Bay Area, Asian American Life, and other local news channels across the country. Learn more at twopianojourney.com or find them on YouTube at youtube.com/@twopianojourney.
Christopher received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Statistics from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business of New York University with high distinction as the recipient of the Beta Gamma Sigma Scholastic Award, Sally Blount Social Impact Award, and the Presidential Service Award. He is currently a Managing Director at Citigroup, where he runs the LATAM Structured Credit team within Global Spread Products. Previously, he was a Director at Credit Suisse, where he ran LATAM Structured Credit and Americas Investor Products Trading and was the recipient of the Credit Suisse Americas Foundation 2020 Giving Back Award. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Chinese-American Planning Council and has served on the Board of Directors of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Wu Yee Children’s Services, and the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School. Christopher has studied piano with his mother, his only teacher, since he was five years old.