Lowell graduated from the University of Illinois with bachelor's degrees in psychology and aeronautical and astronautical engineering. He later worked for Arbonne International and Arthur Andersen. He has twenty years business management and consulting experience, from start-ups to the Fortune 500.

He co-founded and served as executive vice president and board director for Degree Baby Products. He has served as chairman and CEO for the direct sales company, Arbonne International, and as a practice director and firm-wide leader for Andersen Business Consulting in the entertainment, hospitality, and multi-media industries. He developed and co-wrote the firm's Global Best Practices in Strategic Planning and in Marketing and Sales Strategies.

Lowell is active in the Young Presidents Organization and is a founding member of its first Gay and Lesbian Focus Forum. He is involved in numerous charitable causes, including serving as a long-time member of the Board of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. He founded the Arbonne Children's Trust and helped to found Congregation Kol Ami in Los Angeles. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Wendy's Hope and the San Francisco LGBT Center, and on the Capital Development Committee for the Human Rights Campaign.

Lowell has been featured in Fortune magazine, the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, Business Week, Advertising Age and numerous other media, both as the leader of PlanetOut Partners and as a broader authority on business practices.

In 2001, Lowell led the merger of the Gay.com Network and PlantOut.com, quickly integrating the properties into one of the largest online services of any kind in the world. PlanetOut Partners offers online portals in five languages with offices in the US, Europe and Latin America and is backed by world class investors including JP Morgan Partners, AOL Investments, the Mayfield FUnd, IDG Ventures, the NY Times and Yahoo!.

As president and CEO of PlanetOut Partners, Inc., Lowell Selvin raised the largest amount of capital ever for a gay and lesbian identified business, led a successful merger between two rival powerhouses, and emerged from the dot-com fallout of 2001 with a successful global media company serving more than 6 million customers every month.

Lowell is one of the 2001 gfn.com 25, a listing by the Gay Financial Network of the 25 most influential out gay and lesbian executives in corporate America. He is an avid distance cyclist, mountain biker, martial artist and fly fisherman. He is also a fitness and nutrition expert. Lowell competed at the high school level in track, soccer and swimming. He lives in San Francisco, California, with his life partner of twenty-three years, Gib Winebar.