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Owen West

Owen West is a former Marine major who has served two combat tours in Iraq. He joined the Marine Corps after graduating from Harvard. He departed after six years as an infantry officer to attend Stanford Business School, where he was president of his class. West then joined Goldman, Sachs as an energy trader and is currently a managing director of the firm. His first novel, Sharkman Six (Simon and Schuster, 2001) won the Boyd literary award for best military novel. His second novel, Four Days to Veracruz, (Simon and Schuster, 2003) debuted when he was in Iraq. He has written articles on military affairs and adventure sports for Playboy, Naval Institute Proceedings,... Read full bio

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Richmond and Twickenham Times, March 6, 2012
...fantastic day." Winners of the fancy dress competition included Elisha Cox who dressed up as a Smurf, Owen West who came as Horrid Henry, Ella Underwood for her efforts as an Oompa Loompa, and Isabelle Ball who dressed as the Snow Witch...
Croydon Guardian, March 6, 2012
...fantastic day." Winners of the fancy dress competition included Elisha Cox who dressed up as a Smurf, Owen West who came as Horrid Henry, Ella Underwood for her efforts as an Oompa Loompa, and Isabelle Ball who dressed as the Snow Witch...
Staines Guardian, March 6, 2012
...fantastic day." Winners of the fancy dress competition included Elisha Cox who dressed up as a Smurf, Owen West who came as Horrid Henry, Ella Underwood for her efforts as an Oompa Loompa, and Isabelle Ball who dressed as the Snow Witch...
Kingston Borough Guardian, March 6, 2012
...fantastic day." Winners of the fancy dress competition included Elisha Cox who dressed up as a Smurf, Owen West who came as Horrid Henry, Ella Underwood for her efforts as an Oompa Loompa, and Isabelle Ball who dressed as the Snow Witch. Comment now!...
Spencer Daily Reporter, May 8, 2012
...Ga.; sister-in-law, Patricia Beman, Lake Havasu, Ariz.; and his Canby new family and special friends: Michael and Debra Owen, West Branch, Ia. and James and Beth Graves, Jackson, Minn. Memorials to Canby's First Presbyterian Church and Prairie Lakes...
Jackson County Pilot, May 7, 2012
...Atlanta, Ga., sister-in-law Patricia Beman, Lake Havasu, Ariz., his Canby News family and special friends Michael and Debra Owen, West Branch, Iowa and James and Beth Graves, Jackson. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Hobert, III,...
Marshall Independent, May 5, 2012
...Atlanta, Ga., sister-in-law, Patricia Beman, Lake Havasu, Ariz., his Canby News family and special friends, Michael and Debra Owen, West Branch, Iowa and James and Beth Graves, Jackson. Memorials to Canby's First Presbyterian Church and Prairie Lakes...
World Affairs Board, May 3, 2012
...rest of the series is in the link below. excellent writing, as always, by owen west, about the relationship between the US advisors, the Iraqi Army, the Sons of Iraq, and AQ/terrorists. ---- , an Iraqi combat unit, became some of the best soldiers...
HR.com, April 19, 2012
...attending.” Speakers at the conference will include Adam Templeman, the head of resourcing at energy company, RWE npower, Owen West, the director of EMEA Business Development at comScore Inc, and Todd Wheatland, the global head of marketing and through...
Online Recruitment, April 16, 2012
...upgrade of the companies Applicant Tracking System, Talent-link and has been responsible for the redesign of npowerjobs.com Owen West , Business Development Director, EMEA, comScore, Inc. Owen is comScore Europe’s Business Development Director. ...
New York Post, April 15, 2012
...company interested in walking point on this movement. As they say in the Army, on this were one. Owen West, who served in Iraq twice as a Marine while on leave from Goldman Sachs, is the author of the forthcoming book The Snake Eaters...