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Nadine Cino CEO & Co-Inventor Tyga-Box Systems, Inc.

Name: Nadine Cino Title: CEO and Co-Inventor Company: Tyga Box Systems, Inc. Location: 501 Seventh Ave., PH, New York, N.Y. Birthplace and year: Brooklyn, N.Y., 1950 Family: Significant other, 2 children, 2 grandchildren and parents College: Fashion Institute of Technology First job outside of real estate: Fashion designer for Sassoon Jeans First job in real estate or allied field: CEO & Co-Inventor of Tyga Box Systems What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Grow the company's market share; launch new inventions Hobbies; Dance, fitness, food and wine; museums Favorite book: "Napoleon Hill," "Think and Grow Rich" Favorite movie: "The Wizard of Oz" Persons you respect and admire most (outside of family): Gandhi, Hillary, Jay Leno Key to success: The principles of attraction are extremely powerful and they are like yoga in that meditating on them is a daily practice. If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? A physicist studying quantum mechanics or an events coordinator
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