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Posted: April 21, 2009
John Schonborn 2009
Name: John Schonborn
Title: Financial Analyst
Company: Hecht Development
Location: Concord, Mass.
Birthplace: Walnut Creek, Calif.
Birth Date: 1986
Family: Mother, father, sister
College: Tufts University
First job unrelated to current field: Real estate
First job in current field: Staubach Retail
Hobbies: Soccer, cooking, traveling
Favorite book: "Rigged"
Favorite movie: "Batman, The Dark Knight"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Warren Buffett
Key to success: Persistence
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Architecture
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