Daniel H. Pink | |
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.jpg) Pink in 2018 | |
| Born | July 23, 1964 United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University (B.A.) Yale Law School (J.D.) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Spouse | Jessica Lerner |
| Website | |
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Daniel H. Pink (born July 23, 1964) is an American author. He has written seven New York Times bestsellers. He was a host and a co-executive producer of the National Geographic Channel social science TV series Crowd Control.[1] From 1995 to 1997, he was the chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.[2]
Pink grew up in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from Bexley High School.[3][4] A Pell Grant student, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University, where he was also a Truman Scholar.[5][6] He received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review.[7]
Upon graduating law school, Pink immediately began working in politics and economic policy. From 1993 to 1995, he was special assistant to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.[8] From 1995 to 1997, he worked as the chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.[9] In 1997 he quit his job going out on his own, an experience he described in the 1998 Fast Company article "Free Agent Nation" which became his first book.[10]
Pink has received honorary degrees from Georgetown University,[11] Pratt Institute,[12] Ringling College of Art and Design,[13] and the University of Indianapolis.[14]
Pink’s books have been selected as common reads for first-year students at George Washington University,[15] Butler University,[16] Texas State University,[17] and other colleges. In addition, Oprah Winfrey gifted copies of his book, A Whole New Mind, to 4,500 graduates of Stanford University when she gave the school’s commencement address.[18][19]
Daniel Pink married Jessica Lerner, a lawyer, in 1995.[26] They live in Washington D.C. with their children.[27]
