  ivan julian massow (born 11 september 1967) is a british financial services entrepreneur, gay rights campaigner, and media personality. he is also a former chairman of the institute of contemporary arts in london, and has been active in uk politics. ==early life== massow was born ivan field in brighton, east sussex. his relationships with his father and subsequently his stepfather were poor; as a boy he ended up being cared for by social services, before being adopted as a pre-teenager by a mr john massow. commenting on his life prior to his adoption, massow has stated that "my life up to then is a bit of a blur. i had four different families, my name changed from field to mitchell to massow, i was moved around for various reasons." massow is dyslexic and left school at 16 with one o-level in metalwork, with possibly others in photography and history, however information regarding his early qualifications is ambiguous, and massow himself has commented that "i lied about them so much, i can't remember what's actually true." he studied at eastbourne for a btec in art and design, then moved to bristol and was employed b
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