Early Life
Shapps was born in Watford, Hertfordshire to a British Jewish family. He was educated at Yorke Mead Primary School, Watford Grammar School for Boys followed by Cassio College. He completed a business and finance course at Manchester Polytechnic, and received a Higher National Diploma. Shapps was also a B'nai B'rith youth leader. In 1989, Shapps was in a car crash in Kansas, USA, leaving him in a coma for a week.
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