Humm Dropped Out of School at 14 to Cycle Professionally
Daniel Humm · Eleven Madison Park: Daniel Humm · May 3, 2021 · at 7:38
Eleven Madison Park chef Daniel Humm discusses leaving formal education in Switzerland at age 14 to pursue competitive cycling.
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“When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to join a team and actually to really pursue it as a professional career and sort of leave school behind.”
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