Name: Howard Stern
Title: Owner
Company: Law Offices Howard Stern
Location: 3 Baker Ave., White Plains and Manhattan, N.Y.
Birthplace and date: Bronx, N.Y., Oct. 1, 1953
Family: Wife, Jenna Amundsen-Stern; children: Lara and Justin; grandchild: Sean Ranen Stern
College: City College of New York
High School: The Bronx High School of Science
First job outside of real estate: Age 12, delivery boy for butcher shop
First job in real estate or allied field: 1972, family law firm
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Currently I run my law firm and administer the Rent Stabilization Association's Legal Plan for small property owners. In the future, I would like to do some more teaching.
Hobbies: Baseball, stamp collecting and collecting autographed baseballs
Favorite book: "The Power Broker" by Caro
Person you admire most (outside of family): The man in Tiananmen Sq. that blocked the Chinese tank, and our men and women in the Armed Services in harm's way
Keys to success: Leading by example. Hard work. Learning to listen. Fully evaluating your adversaries. Being ingrained with a willingness to work hard.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Photographer
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