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David Lu
Creating short-form explainers about history and geopolitics.
History explainers · Political commentary · Former strategy analyst
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David Lu
David Lu is a digital creator whose videos explain history, politics and economic power. Before beginning his self-employed content work in March 2024, he studied at UCLA and worked in business analysis and corporate strategy at Capital One.
Early life
Studying at UCLA
His LinkedIn profile lists study at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2015 to 2019, alongside involvement in student government, consulting and the Statistics Club.
Working with data
During university, took part in statistics projects and worked as an assistant statistician with UCLA’s Department of Medicine Statistics Core in summer 2017.
Career
- 2016–2019
Student consulting
Worked with UConsulting, a student-run consulting organisation at UCLA, according to his LinkedIn career history.
- 2018
A consulting internship
Spent the summer as a business consulting associate at ZS in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 2019–2021
Business analysis at Capital One
Joined Capital One as a business analyst in August 2019 and moved into a senior business analyst role in January 2021.
- 2021–2023
Corporate strategy
His LinkedIn history lists a senior associate role in corporate strategy from November 2021 to November 2023.
- 2024
Beginning content creation
Dates his self-employed TikTok content-creator work to March 2024, describing his aim as making history and politics easier to understand.
Selected videos
How did colonialism actually make money?
A short video discussing the economic mechanisms of colonialism.
The Agricultural Revolution, simply explained
An explainer about the transition to farming and its place in human history.
The Dot Com bubble, simply explained
A video introducing the internet-stock boom and its collapse.
Beyond the videos
Student representation
Served in UCLA student government, including as director of entrepreneurship and chief of staff in the Office of the General Representative III.
Career mentoring
As the UCLA Statistics Club’s chair of career development, helped organise career workshops and offered guidance to fellow students.
Sources & photo credit
LinkedIn: education and career history (owner-supplied extract) ↗David Lu: Instagram ↗David Lu: TikTok ↗David Lu Studio: YouTube ↗Colonialism explainer: indexed Instagram post ↗Agricultural Revolution explainer: indexed Instagram post ↗Dot-com bubble explainer: indexed Instagram post ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.