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Brian Richard Schad (born December 12, 1964, Sacramento, California, United States) is a Commodity Futures & Option (finance) Professional, a published author, and former US Navy SEAL.

Brian Schad attended Christian Brothers High School (Sacramento, California). He then graduated from the Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving in Oakland, California, in 1982. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1984, became a US Navy Diver (salvage) in 1985, and in 1987 graduated from the world-renowned US Navy Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL Training ("BUD/S") Class 142. He continued his formal (on base) education and acquired his AA from Saint Leo College in 1994 with a Liberal Art's degree while serving as a Navy Instructor (SEAL). He left the Navy in 1996 to pursue a completely different career in the Chicago commodity markets - which continues to this day. He is married to the former Julie Fleenor and has two children. They reside in Idaho (United States).