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Dov Seidman

Dov Seidman
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Dov Seidman at LRN Knowledge Forum 2014
Born (1964-05-13) May 13, 1964 (age 52)
San Francisco, California, US
Residence New York City, New York, US
Alma mater Harvard Law School
Occupation Author
CEO of LRN
Columnist
Board member of 92nd Street Y
Website www.howistheanswer.com

Dov Seidman (born May 13, 1964) is an American author, attorney, columnist and businessman. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of LRN, an ethics and compliance management firm.

Seidman was born in San Francisco, California. His father, Alex, was a Polish-born physician who died in 1992. While on a trip with his mother, Sydelle, and his two siblings, Ari and Goldee, to Israel, his mother decided that they would remain there; at the time, Seidman was 3 years old. He returned to the United States in 1977, when he was 13. Seidman is dyslexic. Seidman’s dyslexia is the subject of a case study in the book The Dyslexic Advantage.

In Israel, Seidman did not excel in his studies. He had difficulty with the Hebrew language and because his mother shifted between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, he had been enrolled at four different schools. When his mother brought him back to the United States, he found success in sports but still suffered in school. Because his family had moved a lot during his childhood, the first time he was in the same school for two consecutive years was when he started the 11th grade in Beverly Hills High School. He scored a mere 970 on the SAT exam (at the time scored out of 1600). He was accepted to the University of California, Santa Barbara while his best friend had been invited to attend UCLA. Determined to attend what he considered a first rate school, Seidman wrote a letter to UCLA pleading with them to be accepted, and they agreed, on condition that he take an English language course.


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