Tim Hwang

Co-Founder and Executive Chair FiscalNote

Last Reviewed: September 25, 2026

Executive Summary

Tim Hwang co-founded FiscalNote in 2013 and is its Executive Chair. FiscalNote is the Washington, D.C. company that sells legislative and regulatory intelligence through its PolicyNote platform, drawing on the reporting of CQ and Roll Call. He was its Chair and Chief Executive Officer for its first eleven years and took it public in 2022. On January 1, 2025 he handed the CEO role to Josh Resnik and moved to Executive Chair, a role he still held when shareholders re-elected him to the board in May 2026. He remains the company’s largest voting shareholder, with about 41% of the vote through high-vote Class B shares. Since he stepped back from the CEO role the company has had a hard period. Its stock was removed from the New York Stock Exchange in 2026, it has negotiated forbearance with creditors, and it has sold businesses. Since June 2026 it has had a third chief executive, Key Compton.

Career Highlights

• Co-founded FiscalNote in 2013 and served as Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from its founding through December 31, 2024.
• Took FiscalNote public through a business combination with Duddell Street Acquisition Corp., completed on July 29, 2022.
• Became Executive Chairman on January 1, 2025, as part of a planned succession in which Josh Resnik became President and CEO.
• Re-elected as a Class I director at the May 27, 2026 annual meeting, for a term running to the 2029 annual meeting.
• Holds about 41% of FiscalNote’s total voting power, according to its 2026 proxy statement.
• Named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
• A.B. from Princeton University.

Professional Journey

Hwang earned an A.B. at Princeton University. In 2013 he co-founded FiscalNote; the company also names Gerald Yao, who sits on its board, as a co-founder. Hwang was both Chair and Chief Executive Officer from the start. The company’s premise was that the flow of legislation and regulation at every level of government is unstructured data that software can collect, organize and analyze for the companies, trade groups and agencies it affects. It now sells that through PolicyNote, its flagship platform, which combines government data from local, state and federal levels with AI-driven monitoring, expert analysis from CQ and Roll Call, and the grassroots advocacy tools of VoterVoice.

Under his leadership FiscalNote went public. On July 29, 2022, it completed a business combination with Duddell Street Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The dual-class structure left Hwang in control. Each Class B share carries 25 votes, and the 2026 proxy puts his voting power at about 41% while his economic stake is around 5%.

In November 2024 FiscalNote announced a leadership succession. Effective January 1, 2025, Hwang became Executive Chairman and Josh Resnik, then President and Chief Operating Officer, became President and CEO. Hwang stayed on the board as a Class I director, and the company says his voting power and his role as co-founder are why he chairs it.

The period since has been difficult for the company. Revenue fell to $95.4 million in 2025 from $120.3 million the year before, and the company carried out a 1-for-12 reverse stock split in September 2025. In March 2026 the NYSE began delisting proceedings after the share price fell below $1.00, and the stock moved to over-the-counter trading. FiscalNote then negotiated forbearance agreements with its subordinated creditors over the resulting defaults and hired a financial adviser for talks with its lenders. Stockholders re-elected Hwang to the board on May 27, 2026. In June 2026 Resnik left and fellow director Key Compton became President and CEO. In August 2026 the company sold its FrontierView business to Oxford Economics.

Outside the company, Hwang is a trustee of the Greater Washington Community Foundation, a board member of The After School Alliance and a member of the Council of Korean Americans.

Education

Princeton University

A.B.