Emmanuel Franck Biya studied economics and political science at the University of Southern California (USC) where he graduated in 1994. He received most of his pre- high school education in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
In 2004, Emmanuel Franck Biya founded a private fund called Venture Capital plc, investing in several companies in Africa and abroad. From 1997 to 2004, he was a partner at I.N.G.F., a company specialized in forestry. Before that, from 1995 to 1997, he was an intern at a banking conglomerate called B.E.A.C. (Bank of Central African States) in Cameroon, working at the bureau of monetary regulation for banks in Central Africa.