Fremont Debate Academy’s Founders
Our 4 founders met each other at their middle school debate team @ Horner Junior High. They created Fremont Debate Academy together in late 2014!
Rishabh Meswani
Rishabh Meswani is Founder & CEO of Fremont Debate Academy and works as a Data Scientist at Asana. He graduated from UC Berkeley, studying Data Science and Business Admnistration (Haas). As President of Irvington Debate in the 2016-2017 School Year, Rishabh led a 170 competitive member team to #4 in national rankings in Parliamentary Debate, and the #1 student-run led team. His other qualifications include Top 20 in national rankings, 5th at the California State Debate Championships, competing at the Tournament of Champions, and serving on the founding Board of the National Parliamentary Debate League.
Rachit Pareek
Rachit Pareek is founder and CFO of Fremont Debate Academy and works as a Software Engineer at Roblox. He recently graduated from UC Berkeley as a Regents' Scholar with a triple degree in Global Management, Computer Science, and Data Science, and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree with a focus in Machine Learning. Rachit was heavily involved in parliamentary debate, qualifying for semifinals at the Stanford invitational as a freshman, quarterfinals at the Santa Clara University tournament, and undefeated records/top speaker awards at numerous others.
William Yoo
William is Founder and Chief Education Officer of Fremont Debate Academy. William has been a Venture Capital Analyst at Osney Capital & analyst at Point 72, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He was President of Irvington Debate in 2018, leading a student-run team to become one of the top parliamentary teams in the nation. His debate qualifications include becoming a State Championship semi-finalist, going undefeated in the State Qualifiers, and being ranked in the top 20 teams nationally. He also qualified to the TOC twice, and debated at University for the Oxford Union.
Vasuman Moza
Vasuman Moza is a founder and the CTO of Fremont Debate Academy, and is also a software engineer at Meta and UC Berkeley Alumnus (Computer Science and Haas School of Business, Class of 2022). Vasuman was also a seasoned debater in middle and high school. Among other accolades, he qualified for the semifinals at the Stanford Invitational as a freshman, and the quarterfinals at the Santa Clara University debate tournament. Vasuman also boasted an undefeated record at almost a dozen debate tournaments, including several Golden State Speech and Debate Association tournaments.