What is Gil Schwartz?
'''Gil Schwartz''' (May 20, 1951 &ndash; May 2, 2020), known by his pen name '''Stanley Bing''',<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/08/business/cbs-s-best-kept-secret-hint-hint.html New York Times]</ref> was an American business humorist and novelist. He wrote a column for ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine for more than twenty years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://management.fortune.cnn.com/category/stanley-bing/ |title=Fortune |access-date=2020-05-04 |archive-date=2014-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601114740/http://management.fortune.cnn.com/category/stanley-bing/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also worked for''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Gil-SchwartzStanley-Bing-a7218.html |title=Media Bistro |access-date=2020-05-04 |archive-date=2015-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907234503/http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Gil-SchwartzStanley-Bing-a7218.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the author of thirteen books, including ''What Would Machiavelli Do?''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780066620107 |title=HarperCollins |access-date=2020-05-04 |archive-date=2013-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514045110/http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780066620107 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''The Curriculum'.<ref>[http://www.harpercollins.com/books/The-Curriculum-Stanley-Bing/?isbn=9780061998539 HarperCollins]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Schwartz was senior executive vice president of [[corporate communications]] and Chief Communications Officer for [[CBS]].<ref>[http://www.cbscorporation.com/ourcompany-executives.php?id=&exec=158 CBS]</ref> Bing was born in [[New York City]]. He was raised in [[New Rochelle, New York]]. Bing studied at [[Brandeis University]]. Schwartz died on May 2, 2020 at his home in [[Santa Monica, California]] from a heart attack.<ref>{{Cite web|ti