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English-American author and motivational speaker

Simon Oliver Sinek (born )^[2] is an English-born American author and inspirational speaker on business leadership. His books include Start with Why () and The Infinite Game ().

Early life and education

Sinek was born in Wimbledon. His mother is Jewish and of Hungarian Jewish descent.^[3] As a child, he lived in Johannesburg, London, and Hong Kong before his family settled in the United States. He graduated in from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Bergen County, New Jersey^[4] and earned a BA in cultural anthropology from Brandeis University, then studied law at City, University of London.^[2][5]

Career

Sinek began his career at the New York ad agencies Euro RSCG and Ogilvy & Mather, then launched his own business, Sinek Partners.^[2]

As a motivational speaker, Sinek has spoken at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in ,^[6] and at TEDx conferences several times, beginning in ^[7] His "How Great Leaders Inspire Action", arising out of his first book, Start with Why, is one of the most-viewed TED talks,^[2][8][9] and his following book, Leaders Eat Last, appeared on the bestseller lists of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.^[2]

In June , The Young Turks reported a $98, no-bid contract from U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement for leadership training by Sinek,^[10] which was provided by Ernst & Young.^[11] Sinek has also been an instructor of strategic communications at Columbia University,^[12] and an adjunct staff member of the RAND Corporation.^[13]

In November , Publishers Weekly reported that Sinek would start Optimism Press, a new imprint of Penguin Random House.^[14] He subsequently launched The Optimism Company, a digital learning platform.^[9]

Publications

Sinek has published five books:

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