Pierrepont Johnson III is the 2020 economics and trade fellow at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. A freelance journalist based in New York City, Johnson is the vice president of business development at 4Schoolers, an international education firm. He holds dual graduate degrees from Fordham University — an MA in International Political Economy and Development and an MA in Economics. As a recipient of a grant from Fordham, he studied emerging markets at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. During his graduate studies, he also received a scholarship to study French language and culture in Lyon, France. As an undergraduate, he lived and studied in Florence, Italy. Johnson graduated from Rollins College with a BA in International Relations. As an avocation, he is a DJ who specializes in Latin and international music.