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Posted: April 23, 2012
Avi Yashchin 2012
Name: Avi Yashchin
Title: CEO
Company: CleanEdison
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Haifa, Israel
College: Johns Hopkins University, Stern School of Business at New York University
First job outside of real estate: Seven years in finance on Wall Street
First job in real estate or allied field: Trading in loan financing in the Energy, MLP and Financials sectors
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? At CleanEdison, our mission is to promote clean technology and sustainable building practices by offering expert consulting services and a best-in-class education. We make sure professionals are certified in LEED, among other training products, making us the nation's largest and most comprehensive provider of training courses and certification exams designed to prepare students for new careers or professional advancement
Hobbies: I love running triathlons with my dog, Toby, a boxer-lab mix. I also founded the New York Philanthropy Group (NYPG), which has helped bring underprivileged South American business students to New York to jumpstart their careers.
Favorite book: "Cloud Atlas"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Steve Jobs
Key to success: Hiring the best, new talent
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Couldn't imagine a different career!
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