#  David Paffenholz 

 



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 **Hometown and Country**

 Düsseldorf, Germany

 **Concentration**

 Economics

 **Extracurricular Interests**

 Startups, Harvard College Consulting Group, NGOs.

 **Favorite place in Harvard Square?**

 Sweetgreen!

 **What can FIPers talk to you about?**

 Startups, tech, Germany.

 **Why should a first-year choose FIP?**

 FIP is by far the best way to make friends before Harvard even begins. Almost all international students do FIP and it always becomes an amazing community really quickly.

 **Leader Bio**

 Originally from Germany, David lived in Boston, Mallorca (Spain) and Düsseldorf (Germany) before coming to Harvard. Having been a FIPper in 2018 summer and a leader in 2019, he is extremely keen on passing on the great experience he had at FIP to the Class of ’24. David is a rising Junior in Eliot (best house, best community)! He is particularly interested in entrepreneurship and will be spending the summer working for Snapchat in LA.