13 Facts About Gil Schwartz

Gil Schwartz, known by his pen name Stanley Bing, was an American business humorist and novelist.

Gil Schwartz wrote a column for Fortune magazine for more than twenty years after a decade at Esquire magazine.

Gil Schwartz was born May 20,1951, in New York City, and was raised in New Rochelle, New York.

Gil Schwartz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Theatre Arts from Brandeis University.

Gil Schwartz was a co-founder of Next Move Theatre, an improv troupe based in Boston.

Gil Schwartz was a columnist, novelist, and writer of a large body of work dedicated to exploring the relationship between pathology and authority.

Gil Schwartz first appeared in the pages of Esquire with a one-page column at the back of the magazine on corporate strategies.

Gil Schwartz's first book was a satirical collection of business terms called Bizwords, based on the concept of The Devil's Dictionary.

At that point Gil Schwartz, who had been writing in secret within a large multinational corporation, revealed his alter ego to colleagues at Westinghouse, who had until then known him only by his given name.

In 2007, Gil Schwartz published a thoroughly revised edition of Crazy Bosses, adding a layer of strategy that did not exist in the earlier edition, and in 2008, Executricks: How to Retire While You're Still Working.

Gil Schwartz continued to write the back page for Fortune magazine, while holding down a similar post at Men's Health, writing a 2500-word column reminiscent of his earlier work at Esquire.

Gil Schwartz had two children, two step-children, and two grandchildren.

Gil Schwartz died on May 2,2020, at his home in Santa Monica, California, from cardiac arrest.