David Xu was born 1962 in Wuhu, China. I graduated from High School when I was 17. Then I went to Fudan University in Shanghai in 1979. I start worked in Wuhan University in 1983 and met my wife and have first son Charles in 1988. I also got Master degree in economics in Wuhan University. I came to Brandeis University as visiting scholar in January 1989, I studied and worked 31 years in Boston area, I got MS in Computer Science from UMASS at Lowell. I started as Senior System Analyst in the Boston Company in 1993, I joined Fidelity Investments in 1997 and worked there for 24 years. Fidelity relocated me from east coast to Salt Lake City in UT 2020, I stayed 18 months until I retired from there June 2021.
My wife and I moved to Darien to live with my elder son, daughter-in-law to welcome our first grandson Ethan last summer.
My young son just graduated from UMASS/Amherst this Spring. he works for Meta in California currently.
I am just learning to play Pickleball and enjoy playing. I also play some poker games with my Chinese friends almost every weekend.