David Levin (businessman)
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David Levin | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 62–63)[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Employer(s) | Apax Partners Psion Symbian Ltd. UBM plc McGraw-Hill Education Arizona State University |
| Mother | Leah Levin |
David Levin (born 1963) is a British businessman.[1][2] In 2019, he was named university entrepreneur in residence at Arizona State University[3] and is the creator and Executive Producer of REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit.[4]
He served as the president and CEO of McGraw-Hill Education from 2014 to 2017.[5][6][7] He has been a vocal proponent of the use of digital and adaptive learning technology in education.[8]
Levin was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. His father Archie (died 1977) was a political journalist. His mother, Leah Levin OBE, was Hon. Doctor of the University of Essex.[9] She served on the board of the United Nations Association, Anti-Slavery and International Alert, and was director of JUSTICE from 1982 to 1992.[10] Ms. Levin also served on Boards of Redress, Readers International, and the International Journal of Human Rights.[11] She is the author of UNESCO's "Human Rights: Questions and Answers," one the world's widely disseminated books on human rights.[12] His older siblings are brother Jeremy and sister Michal Levin.[13]
Before he was born, his family left South Africa following the Sharpeville massacre, and moved to Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare).[citation needed] In 1965, his father was given one day to leave the country.[citation needed] The family arrived in Britain without any connections and settled in London. He attended St Paul's School in London.[14] Levin has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University (1983), and an MBA from Stanford University (1984).
