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Seth Flowerman

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Seth Flowerman (born c. 1985) is the President & CEO of PLT Health Solutions.[1] He is an entrepreneur who formed his first company while in high school.

Early life and education

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Flowerman attended the Pingry School.[2] He earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 2008 and an MBA from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2009. He was a member of Sigma Phi and Sphinx Head at Cornell.[3]

Career

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At age 16, Flowerman founded Career Explorations, a program that sets American college and high school students up with internships in Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco . Four years later, he founded Vertex Academic Services, a test preparation provider and educational consulting company in Manhattan.[4] Vertex was acquired in 2011 by A List Education. Career Explorations was acquired in 2010 by Musiker Discovery Programs and Dream Careers Inc. and now operates under the name Discovery Internships.

Awards

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  • 2004: Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Junior Achievement[5]
  • 2007: Kaplan Most Promising Campus CEOs[6]
  • 2008: BusinessWeek's 25 Entrepreneurs under 25[7]
  • 2008: Social Impact Award, Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards[8]

References

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  1. ^ "PLT Health Solutions appoints 2 senior executives". New Hope. 2 April 2015.
  2. ^ Gangemi, Jeffrey (Fall 2008). "Startups – Seth Flowerman '08, MBA '09: A precocious knack for startups". Cornell Enterprise.
  3. ^ Weiss, Tara (2006-09-14). "Dorm Room Titans". Forbes.
  4. ^ DiNapoli, Jessica (2007-02-14). "Student's Businesses Help Others Shoot for Success". Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02.
  5. ^ "Entrepreneur Center - Student Entrepreneur of the Year".
  6. ^ "Most Promising Campus CEO Winners and Finalists". Kaplan, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
  7. ^ "2008 Finalists: America's Best Young Entrepreneurs". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008.
  8. ^ "Past Winners". Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24.
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