Name: Sean Brady
Title: Senior Director
Company: Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Location: One Meadowlands Plaza, East Rutherford, NY 07073
Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.
Family: Wife, Margo; 3 children: Walker, Reid, Caitlin
College: Long Island University
First job outside of real estate: Paralegal
First job in real estate or allied field: New Jersey Market Research
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Cushman & Wakefield is one of the world's largest privately-held commercial real estate services firms. Founded in 1917, it has 221 offices in 58 countries and more than 15,000 employees. I am working with an internal group of brokers nationally to create a Global Mission Critical Practice Group. Cushman & Wakefield plans to broaden its service offering and improve the tools that our professionals use to deliver a better level of service to our clients.
Hobbies: Golf, skiing, hockey, squash, sailing and hunting
Favorite book: "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold."
Favorite movie: "All the President's Men"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Warren Buffett, Tiger Woods, Brett Favre
Keys to success: Working smart and learning from successful role models. Old-fashioned hard work by getting in early and staying late, which is a thing of the past.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Owning a private equity firm
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