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Yaron Brook ( ; born 1961) is the current president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute , a non-profit organization in Irvine, California , whose mission is to promote the novels of Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism .1He regularly speaks at universities, corporations, and professional and community groups across America, addressing a wide-range of current events and philosophical issues from an Objectivist perspective. He is a frequent radio guest on The Thom Hartmann Program , a weekly guest on the Fox Business Network , and has appeared many times on national TV shows such as CNBC 's On the Money . He has appeared on Glenn Beck Program , which airs on The Fox News Channel . He has been interviewed for his expertise on the Middle East , business ethics issues, and the economy. He served in the Israeli Army military intelligence , and he is a former professor with a PhD in finance .2
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Yaron Brook is the current president of the Ayn Rand Institute . v t e
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Yaron Brook ( ; born May 23, 1961) is an Israeli -born American entrepreneur, author, and former academic, who currently serves as the president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute , a non-profit organization in Irvine , California that promotes the novels of Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism .
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Yaron Brook ( ; born May 23, 1961) is an Israeli - American entrepreneur, writer, and activist.He is an Objectivist and the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute , where he was executive director from 2000 to 2017.He is also the co-founder of BH Equity Research and the author of several books, in which he analyzes a variety of topics from an Objectivist perspective.
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Israeli-American entrepreneur, activist Yaron Brook ( ; born May 23, 1961) is an Israeli - American entrepreneur, writer, and activist. He is an Objectivist and the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute , where he was executive director from 2000 to 2017. He is also the co-founder of BHZ Capital Management LP.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Israeli-American Objectivist Yaron Brook ( Hebrew : ירון ברוק ; born May 23, 1961 ) is an Israeli - American Objectivist writer who is the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), where he was executive director from 2000 to 2017.Prior to joining ARI, he was a finance professor at Santa Clara University , where he taught for seven years.
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israeli - american objectivist writer who is the current chairman of the board at the ayn rand institute
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