Vivek Shah

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Innovative business owner Vivek Shah, in brief.

Vivek Shah

Home: West Hollywood, CA.  Birthplace: Akron, OH.  Profession: Business owner. Organization: CEO.  Title: He/Him/His.  Alma mater: University of Illinois at Chicago. Languages spoken: English, Gujarati, Hindi, Spanish.

Current project: Los Angeles Hope for Kids.  Hobbies: Fitness, playing with my dog.  Recent travel or adventure: Snorkeling and scuba in Hawaii, Costa Rica and Mexico.  Recently viewed and recommended: Tenet, Insomnia, The Dark Knight, Nerve.

Personality profile: Open, receptive, determined, passionate, focused.  Moral compass: Get information from all perspectives and pretend to be an outsider evaluating the totality.  How do you define a perfect friendship? Complete trust in one another, even at your worst times.  How do you define an ideal business relationship? Someone who truly cares about the business and accomplishing the goal.  What is your greatest joy? My dog.  What is your greatest fear? Losing my parents.  What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Supreme Court Justices.  What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? An investment or with a girlfriend.

What was your first paying job? McDonald’s.  What was your favorite college course? Sociology.  What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Monopoly.  What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Quantum computers.  What is your favorite app? Amazon.

What change would you like to see in the world?

People treat one another with fairness.

What message do you want to send out into the world? Be there for your children and provide the best education can possibly can.  What widely held belief do you reject? That where there’s a will, there’s a way.  Rather, where there’s a way, and you have the will, you’ll find the way.  What mega-trend most concerns you? Social media influencers thinking that they can do that for the rest of their lives.

What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Kal Penn.  Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? James Madison.  After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? Phone and laptop.  How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? With my parents in Chicago.

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