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Soros’s Dawn Fitzpatrick Likes Hemingway, College Hoops, Spain

Soros’s Dawn Fitzpatrick Likes Hemingway, College Hoops, Spain

(Bloomberg Markets) -- The chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management since 2017 previously helped oversee trading at UBS Group AG’s money management arm. Here Dawn Fitzpatrick divulges some off-duty habits and preferences to Bloomberg TV’s Francine Lacqua, co-anchor of Bloomberg Surveillance and host of Leaders With Lacqua.

Soros’s Dawn Fitzpatrick Likes Hemingway, College Hoops, Spain

How many hours of sleep do you get a night?

Seven and a half.

What time do you set your alarm to wake up?

5:30 a.m.

Are you a morning or evening person?

Morning.

What’s your typical workout?

A 5-mile run.

What’s your favorite sport or sports team?

College hoops.

Which app is in heavy rotation on your phone?

Podcasts that make travel time productive.

What’s your go-to lunch spot?

My desk!

What’s the best book you’ve read recently?

Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises.

What’s your favorite place to go on vacation?

Southern Spain.

If you had to take a year off, what would you do?

Take computer science classes … and drive my kids crazy.

What’s the last thing that made you laugh?

My 10-year-old daughter explaining all the reasons we couldn’t name our puppy Whiskey.

What’s your biggest fear?

Technological singularity.

What’s the best advice you’ve gotten?

You can’t change the cards you’re dealt, just how you play the hand.

What’s the best advice you’ve given?

Learn something new every day.

If you were 20, what business would you get into?

Biotechnology.

What’s your favorite museum or artist?

Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Do you ever expect to retire?

Only after I meet St. Peter.

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