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Cohn, 54, actually has an incredibly inspirational backstory, which is detailed in Malcolm Gladwell's best-seller "David And Goliath." And because the summer interns have just arrived, we thought we'd share it again.

As a kid growing up in Cleveland, Cohn found out he had dyslexia, a reading disorder. He struggled in school. By the time he was in sixth grade, he had attended four different schools. Teachers and classmates had written him off as an "idiot." Cohn has even said publicly that he was a "horrible" student.

What's more is his teachers were unsure of his trajectory in life. One teacher even told his parents if they were really lucky, he might grow up to be a truck driver.

Cohn graduated from high school. He also graduated from American University in 1982.




 


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