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David Packouz

デビッド・パッカウズ　/　でびっど・ぱっかうず

Singer from Colombia

February 16, 1982 (age 44)　・　Bogotá, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia

Cundinamarca Department
singer
inventor
arms trader

My Take

David Packouz has one of the strangest career combinations I have encountered: singer, inventor, former arms dealer. Joining AEY in 2005 and helping land a nearly 300 million dollar U.S. government contract before age thirty is the stuff of a Hollywood thriller, and his story essentially became one. What interests me more is the aftermath, because he pivoted back to music and invention, building things instead of brokering weapons. I read his life as a cautionary tale about ambition outrunning judgment, but also as proof that a second act is possible. Few figures in this database make me think harder about where talent should be pointed.

Overview

David Mordechai Packouz ( born February 16, 1982) is an American former arms dealer, musician and inventor. Packouz joined Efraim Diveroli on the 17th of September 2005, in Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. By the end of 2006, the company had won 149 contracts worth around $10.5 million. In early 2007, AEY secured a nearly $300 million U.S.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Packouz
Name (Japanese): デビッド・パッカウズ
Reading: でびっど・ぱっかうず
Born: February 16, 1982 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Dog
Origin: Bogotá, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / inventor / arms trader

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Packouz

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