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Never Far from Home: My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law

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By (author): Bruce Jackson

Microsofts associate general counsel shares a story that is as nuanced as it is hopeful (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and music industries in this stirring true story of grit and perseverance. For fans of Indra Nooyis My Life in Full and Viola Daviss Finding Me.

As an accomplished Microsoft executive, Bruce Jackson handles billions of dollars of commerce as its associate general counsel while he plays a crucial role in the companys corporate diversity efforts. But few of his colleagues can understand the weight he carries with him to the office each day. He kept his past hidden from sight as he ascended the corporate ladder but shares it in full for the first time here.

Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Jackson moved to Manhattans Amsterdam housing projects as a child, where he had already been falsely accused and arrested for robbery by the age of ten. At the age of fifteen, he witnessed the homicide of his close friend. Taken in by the criminal justice system, seduced by a burgeoning drug trade, and burdened by a fractured, impoverished home life, Jackson stood on the edge of failure. But he was saved by an offer. That offer set him on a better path, off the streets and eventually on the way to Georgetown Law, but not without hard knocks along the way.

From public housing to working for Microsofts president, Brad Smith, and its founder, Bill Gates, to advising some of the biggest stars in music, Bruce Jacksons Never Far from Home is an important story, extremely well told, that should serve as a lesson on how we got here and where we need to go (Fred D. Gray, activist and civil rights attorney). See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 225g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 213mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781982191160

About Bruce Jackson

Bruce Jackson is an associate general counsel at Microsoft and managing director for strategic partnerships out of the office of the president at Microsoft. Born in Brooklyn he studied law at Georgetown University and spent a decade working in entertainment law with some of the top music talent in the country. Since then he has received Microsofts diversity award participated in Microsofts law and corporate affairs diversity efforts helped launch Microsofts Elevate American Veterans Initiative and worked to develop its diverse recruitment pipeline. Never Far from Home is his first book. 

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