Kyol Beun

Nicolas Kyol Beun, from Rosario, Argentina, is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar pursuing the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy at Stanford University. He graduated magna cum laude with a law degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and earned an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. As an undergraduate, he was appointed speechwriter to the President of Argentina at age 19, and at 21 he began managing the President’s social media accounts. After graduating, he served as Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Communications in the Office of the Mayor of Buenos Aires. He has been awarded Fulbright and Chevening scholarships and represented Argentina as a presidential delegate to the G20 and the COP25. He is the son of Korean immigrants and speaks five languages.