Background
Lidsky was born in and grew up in Miami, Florida. A childhood actor, he was in a diaper commercial when he was six months old, and he went on to perform in more than 100 commercials.
Lidsky was born in and grew up in Miami, Florida. A childhood actor, he was in a diaper commercial when he was six months old, and he went on to perform in more than 100 commercials.
He graduated from Harvard in 1999, at age 19, with an honors degree in mathematics and computer science. Lidsky graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 2004, as an Editor of the Harvard Law Review and a Fellow of the Berkman Center Foreign Internet & Society.
Before losing his sight he played “Weasel” on National Broadcasting Company’s “Saved By The Bell: The New Class.” He is the only blind person to serve as a Law Clerk for the United States. Supreme Court. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of ODC Construction, Florida’s largest residential shell contractor. In 1993, when he was 13, he was cast as “Weasel” in National Broadcasting Company’s “Saved By The Bell: The New Class.” Also in 1993 he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a retinal degenerative disease that leads to progressive sight loss and blindness.
Lidsky left Los Angeles in 1994 to attend college.
In 2001 he returned to Harvard to study law. In June 1999 Lidsky founded an internet advertising technology startup with Joe Zawadzki.
Originally named “ru4.com,” the company eventually became and was acquired in 2015 for $230 million. Lidsky left the company after 2 years to attend Harvard Law School.
After Law School, Lidsky clerked for Judge Thomas Ambro on the United States. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
He then joined the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division of the Justice Department. In two and a half years in that position, Lidsky argued more than twelve cases on behalf of the United States. government in federal courts of appeal. In 2008 Lidsky served as a Law Clerk for United States. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
He is the only blind person to Clerk for the Court.
After a brief stint practicing law for a large international law firm, in 2011 Lidsky partnered up with Harvard College roommate Zac Merriman to acquire a small business. They purchased the assets of Orlando Decorative Concrete, Incorporated. and created ODC Construction, Limited Liability Company. ODC Construction is a residential shell contractor.
lieutenant builds the structural envelope of new homes, including the foundations, masonry, framing and trusses. As ODC’s Chief Executive Officer, Lidsky has led an aggressive turnaround and growth plan.
The company lost money on approximately $20 million in annual revenue in 2011.
In 2015 the company was profitable on more than $80 million in revenue. In 2014 Lidsky began accepting invitations to deliver Keynote addresses to corporate audiences. In 2015 Lidsky sold his first book to Penguin Random House.
Publication is pending, and the working title is “Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities In A World That Can’t See Clearly.”.
Lidsky is a member of the Young President's Organization (Young Presidents' Organization), the Chapter Chair for the Orlando Chapter and a member of the Regional Executive Committee for the Southeast United States. and Caribbean Region. He is also a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Council.