Dan Bilzerian was born in Tampa, Florida, to Paul Bilzerian and Terri Steffen, and has a brother, Adam. He claims that half of the Bilzerian family were killed during the Armenian Genocide.[11] His father, who is of Armenian descent,[12][13] was a corporate raider on Wall Street and set up trust funds for both of his sons.[14][15][16] Bilzerian entered the Navy SEAL training program in 2000 and after several attempts, he did not graduate the program. The reporter who conducted the interview of Bilzerian for SOFREP.com confirmed his participation in the SEAL program and stated that according to his research Bilzerian was dropped "for a safety violation on the shooting range".[17]
