Name Simon Sinek Role Author | Parents Susan Sinek, Steve Sinek | |
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Born October 9, 1973 (age 50)
Wimbledon, England ( 1973-10-09 ) Occupation Author, motivational speaker Notable works Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Books Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last Education Brandeis University, City University London Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Business Books Profiles | ||
Simon sinek
Simon O. Sinek (born October 9, 1973) is a British/American author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant. He is the author of four books including the 2009 best seller Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009).
Contents
The Infinite Game
Early life and education
Sinek was born in Wimbledon, England, and as a child lived in Johannesburg, London and Hong Kong before settling in the United States. He graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in 1991. He studied law at London's City University and received a BA in cultural anthropology from Brandeis University.
Career
Sinek began his career at the New York ad agencies Euro RSCG and Ogilvy & Mather. He later launched his own business, Sinek Partners. His talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action is listed as the third most popular TED presentation of all time. In October 2009, he published his book Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. His second book, called Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, appeared on the best seller lists of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. His third book is called Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration. His fourth and latest book is titled Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team which is due to be published September 2017.
Sinek has taught graduate classes in strategic communication at Columbia University and consults for Disney, Microsoft, Pfizer and the US military.