Michael Berland

Entrepreneur

Birthday April 6, 1968

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Illinois

Age 56 years old

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About

Famous for his political and business consulting work, he headed the Penn Schoen Berland and Edelman Berland firms and co-authored a self-help book titled What Makes You Tick? How Successful People Do It -- And What You Can Learn from Them.

Before Fame

He graduated from both the Latin School of Chicago and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Trivia

He briefly headed the communications department of the National Hockey League (NHL) and also advised the Dixie Chicks in the midst of the controversy surrounding their critical comments about President George W. Bush.

Family Life

He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and later settled in New York with his wife and children.

Associated With

Berland advised both Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on political strategy matters.