New College West Renamed for Investor and Philanthropist Yan Huo *94

Princeton’s eighth residential college, known as New College West for the last four years, will be renamed Huo College in recognition of a major gift by investor and philanthropist Yan Huo *94, the University announced in June.

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Yan Huo *94

Huo Family Foundation

Huo’s gift, which supports the recently completed expansion of Princeton’s undergraduate student body, “has enabled us to say ‘yes!’ to more of the talented young people who aspire to study at Princeton,” President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said in a release from Advancement Communications. Huo College houses 850 undergraduates and is adjacent to Yeh College, south of Poe Field.

Huo earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and has served as a University trustee for two terms. He is managing partner, co-founder, and chief investment officer of Capula Investment Management LLP. He also has made gifts to support faculty and graduate students and a pavilion in the Princeton University Art Museum that houses three galleries of Asian art. Huo was co-chair of the Many Minds, Many Stripes conference for graduate alumni in 2025.