
Fred Sievert started his career as a teacher, later entered the insurance business, and retired early—in 2007—as president of New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 corporation. Feeling he had woefully neglected his spiritual education and development, Fred enrolled in Yale Divinity School where he was awarded a master’s degree in religion in May 2011. His passion is to impact other lives and, to that end, he writes, teaches business school courses on strategy and leadership, and serves on the boards of five nonprofit organizations and two for-profit corporations. He also mentors young executives and speaks frequently to church and corporate leaders on the topic of business and spirituality. Though Fred was not raised in a strong worshipping Christian family, he found God through various life experiences that started in adolescence. It was this foundation that guided, and often moderated, his aggressive pursuit of business success and the American Dream. The power of the stories on his website Godrevealed.com and the extent to which God was with Fred throughout his young life and business career only became fully apparent to him after retirement, as he reflected on his life, his family, and his personal successes. His stories have been published in numerous printed and electronic periodicals attracting an audience of hundreds of thousands of readers, many of whom in turn have shared their own realizations, triggered by the work. His book will be in stores early in 2014.