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Marcus Antebi: True Leader's Early Life And Education

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1) Summarize the leader’s early life and education (2 paragraphs). Then write a 3rd paragraph answering this question: What are two (2) events earlier in life, that may have set the stage for his or her leadership success, based on your research/analysis? A rich beginning isn’t the solitary way to the top, or the only avenue to becoming a great leader. Marcus Antebi is living proof that true leaders can come from a less educated and rough background yet still climb their way to the top of their industry. Antebi was born in Brooklyn, NY where he spent a few years before he made the move to Beverly Hills where he grew up as a teenager. During his teen years, he spent time with his father who was in the retail industry selling art, antiques and high jewelry. Surrounded by the family business, Marcus naturally worked for his father. The lifestyle he lived in his teens was far from perfect as decisions he made early in life led him down a path to substance abuse. At the age of 15, Marcus became sober. (press juice, marcus bio). …show more content…

From the early 1990s to 2008, while working for his family, Antebi pursued ventures in activities he was passionate about. For starters, he started rock climbing and playing ultimate Frisbee competitively. In 2008 his interest in the family retail business was exhausted. The next several years of his life was devoted to becoming an entrepreneur. He started a skydiving business as well as a video training company that went from conducting business online only to expanding to retail. During his tenure as an entrepreneur, his adventurous side lived on and in addition to rock climbing, Frisbee and skydiving, he took an interest in Thai

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