Oskar Yao

​Oskar is currently a manager at Google, overseeing Alphabet’s public equity portfolio and share repurchase program among other strategic and financial initiatives. Prior to joining Google, he was a senior equity research associate at BMO Capital Markets covering Internet and Media. Oskar started his career in investment banking at Crédit Agricole in the financial sponsors coverage group before joining S&P Global as a credit analyst covering media and entertainment. 

Previously, Oskar maintained an active career as a concert pianist and avid ambassador for music engaged in a variety of performance practices targeting a wide array of audiences. He has received many recognitions including First Prize at the Eastman International Piano Competition, First Prize at the Morningside Music Bridge International Concerto and Chamber Music competitions, Third Prize at the Louisiana International Piano competition, and top prizes at numerous other national and international competitions across North America. He has performed solo concerts and with orchestra across the world in venues ranging from the Shanghai Grand Theater, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the National Arts Centre, and many more. 

Oskar received his Bachelors of Arts in Financial Economics with a minor in Math from Columbia University while concurrently pursuing his Masters of Music in Piano at the Juilliard School under the Columbia / Juilliard exchange program. His teachers have included Yoheved Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, Jerome Lowenthal, Gary Graffman, and Chengzong Yin.

Oskar was born in China, but was raised in Uppsala (Sweden) for nearly a decade before moving to Calgary (Canada) where his family still resides. He is the co-founder of the Super Piano Brothers, a groundbreaking piano duo specializing in self-arranged and composed music of all genres. After spending a decade in Manhattan, Oskar currently lives in California and still loves astronomy as much as in his younger days when he wanted to become an astronaut.