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==Early Life and Education==
Bernard Cornfeld was born on August 17, 1927, in Istanbul, Turkey, to Leon Cornfeld, a Romanian-Jewish theatrical producer, and Sophia Cornfeld, a Russian émigré. His family immigrated to the United States in the early 1930s, settling in Brooklyn, New York, where Cornfeld grew up in a modest household during the Great Depression. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, excelling in debate and showing a flair for persuasion. In 1948, he graduated from Brooklyn College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, later pursuing graduate studies in social work at Columbia University (a well known [[CIA]] recruiting school) but dropping out to chase financial ambitions. Cornfeld’s charismatic personality, sharp intellect, and knack for sales shaped his early career, as detailed in The Great American Confidence Game by Arthur Herzog.