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He won in the byelection but was subsequently defeated in the general election on May 5, 2015.","Mandel announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Alberta Party on January 10, 2018. He was elected on February 27, 2018, defeating two other candidates.  Mandel resigned as Alberta Party leader in June 2019. Mandel was made a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2024."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"12 March 1956","date":"1956-03-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609886#P569"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609886#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"investor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557880"},{"text":"hedge fund manager","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43423468"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609886#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Harvard Business School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49126"},{"text":"Dartmouth College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49116"},{"text":"Harvard University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13371"},{"text":"Phillips Exeter Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426464"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609886#P69"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Mandel","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609886"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Stephen Mandel born?","a":"Stephen Mandel was born on 12 March 1956."},{"q":"Where did Stephen Mandel study?","a":"Stephen Mandel was educated at Harvard Business School, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy."}],"related":[{"name":"Abigail Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abigail-johnson"},{"name":"Alex Karp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alex-karp"},{"name":"Alice Walton","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alice-walton"},{"name":"Arte Moreno","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arte-moreno"},{"name":"Arthur Blank","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-blank"},{"name":"Baiju Bhatt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baiju-bhatt"},{"name":"Barry Diller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barry-diller"},{"name":"Ben Chestnut","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ben-chestnut"},{"name":"Bill Ackman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-ackman"},{"name":"Bill Gates","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-gates"},{"name":"Bob Parsons","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bob-parsons"},{"name":"Bobby Murphy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bobby-murphy"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/stephen-mandel-79f12e05c5.jpg","width":500,"height":656,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"Dave Cournoyer","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013-05-21_Stephen_Mandel_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Stephen Mandel","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Mandel","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7609886","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609886","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 2013-05-21 Stephen Mandel (cropped).jpg by Dave Cournoyer (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013-05-21_Stephen_Mandel_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Stephen Mandel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 2013-05-21 Stephen Mandel (cropped).jpg — Dave Cournoyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Stephen Mandel\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/stephen-mandel. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/stephen-mandel","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/stephen-mandel","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/stephen-mandel?lang=ne"}}