About Cal Fussman
Cal Fussman was a writer and magazine writer.
Calvin Fussman is an American journalist and author. He is a Writer at Large for Esquire magazine, known for the What I've Learned column, where he interviews leaders in various fields, which have included Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Jack Welch, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen, Dr. Dre, Quincy Jones, Woody Allen, Barbara Walters, Pelé, Yao Ming, Serena Williams, John Wooden, and Muhammad Ali.
Early life Cal Fussman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on Long Island
Career Fussman started his career as a sportswriter for The Miami Herald and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, then moved to New York, where his work appeared in the magazines Inside Sports and Sports Illustrated.
Fussman has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
Awards Fussman's story about his experience at Windows on the World won a James Beard Foundation Award for best personal essay in 2011.
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