David Sauvage is an American activist, performance artist, filmmaker, and self-described empath.
His mother worked as a lawyer and his father, Pierre Sauvage, made historical documentaries.
[5] Sauvage attended Harvard Westlake School and Columbia University, where he earned a BA, and UCLA, where he graduated with an MBA.
In 2011, he joined the Occupy Wall Street movement, where he sought to communicate some of the protesters' demands and raise additional funds.
[11] In 2019, Sauvage launched the Empath shop, a pop-up store in the East Village.