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Posted: May 25, 2010
Misha Haghani. 2010
Name: Misha Haghani, Esq.
Title: Principal
Company: Paramount Realty USA, Real Estate Auctions (prusa.com)
Location: Manhattan, N.Y.
Birthplace and date: Great Neck, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1979
Family: Wife, Mona; brother, Ben; parents: Helen & Aziz
College: NYU's Stern School of Business; Cornell Law School
First job outside of real estate: Summer internship at Morgan Stanley
First job in real estate or allied field: Corporate/real estate lawyer at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I run a real estate auction company that represents sellers in the marketing and sale of real estate on an efficient, accelerated and sophisticated basis, using the auction strategy. I plan to change the way real estate is traded and, in the not too distant future, I'd also like to start building my own portfolio.
Hobbies: Reading, playing poker, dancing
Favorite book: At the moment, "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Favorite movie: "Interview with the Vampire"
Person you admire most (outside of family): The guy who invented the credit card
Keys to success: Intelligence, hard work and, above all, great luck
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? I'd be an actor
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