Name: Vipin Thakral, MBA, CPA
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Company: T&T Commercial Capital, LLC
Location: 216-22 Jamaica Ave., 2nd Fl., Queens Village, NY 11428
Birthplace and year: New Delhi, India, March 31, 1967
Family: Wife, Karen; 3 sons: AJ (6), Justin (4), Jordan (2)
College: Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., MBA, Accounting; State University of New York at Albany, BBA, Finance and Management Information Systems
First job outside of finance: Healthcare Administration
First job in finance or allied field: PricewaterhouseCoopers - Business Advisory Services
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We provide financing solutions to property and small business owners primarily in the tri-state area. We plan to expand outside of this area and also are planning to provide real estate syndication alternatives to our clients.
Hobbies: Spend time with my family, watch sports, play sports and more sports
Favorite book: "Friday Night Lights"
Favorite movie: "Remember the Titans"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Michael Jordan because only a few men or women can make the others around them always perform at their best.
Key to success: There is no substitute for hard work.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Educator
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