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He received his Biosystems Engineering summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1973, and a Doctor of Philosophy in applied physics as a Hertz Foundation Fellow at Stanford University in 1976.
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Lidow is author of the book Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises (2014, Wiley). He is also a media commentator. Lidow’s coverage to date includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Economist, Nikkei, Reuters, and Taipei Times as well as many top bloggers.
Lidow"s book, articles and speeches cover topics on entrepreneurship, startups, leadership and creativity.
He joined Princeton university"s Keller Center as the James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship for the academic year 2011-2012, where he currently teaches a course titled "Innovation, Creativity and Design". Lidow holds degrees from Princeton and Stanford.
He then served as Vice President of Operations, and was promoted in 1985 to Executive Vice President for Marketing and Administration. Lidow became President of International Rectifier’s Power Products Division in 1989, and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1994.
After leaving International Rectifier, Lidow founded iSuppli in 1999, a market research firm sold to global information company IHS in 2010 for $95 million.
Lidow is widely cited as an expert on the electronics industry. His contributions range from multiple technology patents to supply chain applications used by companies like Sony, Samsung, Philips, Goldman Sachs and International Business Machines Corporation. Today, Lidow is a professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership at Princeton University. Boards Board of Directors of iSuppli Corporation, 1999 – 2011 Board of Directors of International Rectifier Corporation (New York Stock Exchange: IRF), circa 1991 – 2000 Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, circa 1994 – 1999 Princeton University Department of Electrical Engineering Advisory Council, circa 1975 – circa 1996 Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science Leadership Council, circa 1997 – 2011 United Silicon Carbide, 2012–present.
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Lidow is also a member of the Board of Directors for United Silicon Carbide Incorporated., a technology company.
