tiger father

In 2011, Amy Chua published a book entitled “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother“. As a tiger dad, I felt obligated to speak out and I did, with an article entitled The Battle Hymn of The Tiger Dad. Below is the conclusion:

There are many ways to do the same thing. In parenting, between the Chinese way and the American way, I chose the latter and am very happy about it!

Now, twelve years later, I have more complete results to report:

• My elder son Dan (Yale, Economics, Class 2009) is now the CEO of a start-up named “The Real Seat” (https://www.therealseat.com/). It is intended to rival Ticket Master or Stub Hub (his last employer).
• My younger son Ben (Michigan, Business, Class 2011) is now the CFO of a major line of business within GE.