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Name: John Pavone Jr. Title: Vice President Company: CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Location: 200 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. Birthplace and year: Flushing, 1975 Family: Italian College: Loyola College in Maryland, bachelor of arts. First job outside of real estate: Assistant to business and legal affairs, Universal Music Group What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We are the world's largest full service commercial real estate services firm and will continue to be. As an environmentally responsible company, we plan to be carbon neutral by 2010. Hobbies: Skiing, running (completed 3 marathons), writing, music, film, ice hockey (playing and watching), squash, travel, relaxing dinners with fiancé Favorite book: Toss up: Camus's "The Stranger" and Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" Favorite movie: "Blue Velvet," "Slap Shot" Person you admire most (outside of family): Joe Strummer and Joe Namath Keys to success: Preparation; believing in yourself without compromising your own identity, morals and personality (big proponent of Ayn Rand's "Objectivism") If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Novelist and short story writer (perhaps a few screen plays) or extreme skier
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