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name: Owen West
about: Simon and Schuster author Owen attended Harvard University on an ROTC scholarship and rowed for the nationally ranked varsity heavyweight crew team. He served for six years in the Marine Corps infantry, departing as a captain to attend Stanford Business School. Upon graduation, he joined Goldman, Sachs as an energy trader, and is presently a Partner and founder of the firm’s veterans’ network.Owen has taken three leaves-of-absence in his 19 years with Goldman. In 2001, he attempted the North Face of Mount Everest, turning back above 28,000 feet. In 2003 and 2006-2007, he joined the Marines in Iraq.Owen is an endurance athlete who has completed Ironman Triathlons, week-long adventure races, and 100-mile ultra-marathons. He has represented th Simon and Schuster author Owen attended Harvard University on an ROTC scholarship and rowed for the nationally ranked varsity heavyweight crew team. He served for six years in the Marine Corps infantry, departing as a captain to attend Stanford Business School. Upon graduation, he joined Goldman, Sachs as an energy trader, and is presently a Partner and founder of the firm’s veterans’ network.Owen has taken three leaves-of-absence in his 19 years with Goldman. In 2001, he attempted the North Face of Mount Everest, turning back above 28,000 feet. In 2003 and 2006-2007, he joined the Marines in Iraq.Owen is an endurance athlete who has completed Ironman Triathlons, week-long adventure races, and 100-mile ultra-marathons. He has represented the United States six times in the Eco Challenge, a 350-mile expedition labeled “the world’s toughest race,” and has finished as high as 2nd, most recently navigating three Playboy Playmates to the finish line in Borneo.His writings have appeared in The New York Times, Playboy, The Marine Corps Gazette, Proceedings, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, Men’s Journal, Popular Mechanics, and Topic. His first novel, SHARKMAN SIX, won the Boyd literary award for best military novel of 2001. In 2005, he won the Marine Corps Leadership Essay contest.Owen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as a director of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. ...more