Avnish:
| Place of Birth | Clapham, London |
| History of residence (by my age) | Birth-13: Various locations
in South London 13-16: Connecticut, USA 16-18: Long Island, New York 18-21: New York University, New York 21-23: New York City 23: Dubai (ugh!!!!), United Arab Emirates (project for work) 23: St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia (project for work) 24-now: New York City (back where I wanna be) |
| Profession | Equity Research Associate (buy
side) - the company I work for invests money in growth stocks for individuals and
institutions. I focus on health care companies. Previously in a job as a strategic consultant to financial service firms. After four years, I was ready to move on to what I think I really wanted to do |
| Interests | Traveling (for pleasure, not work), Photography, reading, walking (I will walk for miles on a good day), investing, playing squash, skiing, discussing anything intellectual (it's pretty hard to find people with whom to do this), meeting good people |
| Favorite Authors | Ken Follet, Michael Crichton, J.D.
Salinger (still working on others). Favorite book is "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet |
| Musical Tastes | Extremely varied. I will list a few types of music here. Ranges from hip-hop, house, reggae, pop, rock, flamenco guitar, broadway show, etc. |
| My Gym - CRUNCH | CRUNCH - The best gym I have been to. Great atmosphere, good treadmills. Other locations have: climbing wall, boxing ring, heavy bags (not a paid ad, I just like it) |
| Misc | - I try to read a book every one
to two weeks. Doesn't always happen, but I try - Parents still live in London - they like it there, I like it here - Much happier with my job in asset management than I was with my position in consulting - I love to travel to tropical places as my pictures show |