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Professional Profile: Charles Chang 2015

Name: Charles Chang Title: Senior Director Company: Highcap Group LLC Location: 425 5th Ave., Suite 505 - New York, N.Y. Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea Education: Graduated high school (Korea) First job outside of real estate: Wholesale women's clothing First job in real estate or allied field: Value Lane Realty What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Commercial broker. I'm planning on working until I'm physically unable to, to keep my family and myself happy. How do you unwind from a busy day in real estate? Having a nice drink and dinner with my wife. Favorite book or author: Faust- Goethe Favorite movie: "Taxi Driver" Last song you purchased/downloaded? "My Way" - Frank Sinatra One word to describe your work environment: Exciting Rules to live by in business: Make lots of friends. If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead, but not related to you) who would it be and where would you go? Roh Moo- hyun (former President of South Korea). We would go to a simple Korean BBQ restaurant in Queens. What is your dream job? (something other than your current job) Surgeon
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