Name: Ted Hampe
Title: Vice President
Company: John D. Hastings Commercial
Location: Westport, CT
Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa
Family: Wife, Jean and daughter, Jennifer
College: Iowa State U., B.S.; Harvard Business School, M.B.A.
First job unrelated to your current field: Procter & Gamble (marketing)
First job in current field: Cross & Brown, New York (former NYC leader) - 1981 - responsible CT offices in Westport and Stamford; founded HK Group in Wesport - 1988-2008
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Same old, same old
Hobbies: Tennis, reading, NY Times crosswords, community service (previously led six local non-profits)
Favorite novel: The Rabbit series by John Updike
Favorite film: "The Sting" with Paul Newman and Robert Redford
Keys to success: Hard work, "never say die"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Paul Neman's charities
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Professional writing - novels etc... (former chairman, HBS Student Publications - 6 different items, including the weekly newspaper, Harbus News)