Owen West
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Owen West

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Simon & Schuster Author Owen West attended Harvard University on an ROTC scholarship and rowed for the varsity heavyweight crew team. He served for six years in the Marine Corps infantry and then graduated Stanford Business School. Owen is currently the Goldman, Sachs partner in charge of Global Natural Gas trading and US Power trading. 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, he joined 1st Force Reconnaissance Company as fires officer for Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2004, he embedded with Marines outside Fallujah as a reporter. In 2006-2007, he led a small U.S. advisor team to an Iraqi infantry company on an outpost in Anbar Province. 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. In 2015, he was USA Triathlon's 40+ National Champion in the Clydesdale (220#) Division. 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 an advisory director to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, and as a director of the Positive Coaching Alliance.
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