Eric Greitens
Author, humanitarian and former Navy SEAL
Eric Greitens is a former Navy SEAL officer and humanitarian who founded The Mission Continues, a nonprofit for veterans. He has written The Heart and the Fist.
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American Born 1974 in St. Louis, United States
About Eric Greitens
Greitens was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Duke University and later earned a doctorate at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He served four tours of duty as a Navy SEAL officer and reached the rank of lieutenant commander. His humanitarian work took him to places including Rwanda, Cambodia, Albania and Bolivia. He later founded The Mission Continues, a nonprofit that supports veterans, and Time named him one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2013. Greitens has written The Heart and the Fist, a New York Times best-seller, and Strength and Compassion, a book of photographs and essays. He served as governor of Missouri from January 2017 until he resigned in June 2018.