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Dean Eisner


Dean Eisner
Atlanta, Ga.
President and CEO, Cox Enterprises
MBA, '82

Conducted Fall 2008

Q: What keeps you up at night? 

A: Not much.


Q: What’s one of the last books you read?

A: The Photographer’s Eye by John Szarkowski.


Q: What’s on your iPod?

A: Everything from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Beethoven.


Q: What’s the most thrilling/adventurous thing you’ve ever done?

A: Bareboat sailing in the open sea.


Q: Guilty pleasure?


A: Driving fast.


Q: Who is your personal hero (and why)?

A: My father, for his integrity, patience, and insight.


Q: First job?

A: Scooping ice cream at Baskin-Robbins.


Q: Best business decision?

A: Joining Cox Enterprises.


Q: What advice would you give to yourself 10 years ago?

A: Embrace the mistakes.


Q: What is the one thing you learned in business school that you’ll never forget?

A: Be humble (learned as a result of a specific class with Professor Reece that resonates to this day).


Q: What is the most important room in your home?

A: The breakfast room, where my family eats most of the time.


Q: First website you access in the morning?

A: www.manheim.com.


Q: Favorite comfort food?

A: Indian.


Q: If you had a theme song, what would it be?

A: “Beautiful Day” by U2.


Q: Favorite line from a movie?

A: “Hell, the fall will probably kill you.” --- Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid


Q: Three people, living or dead, you’d have over to dinner?

A: Walter Cronkite, Leonardo da Vinci, and Audrey Hepburn.


Q: Best trophy/award you ever won?

A: A design award for the car I built for the Soap Box Derby in Indian Guides.


Q: If you could read anyone’s mind, whose would it be?

A: Any member of my family.


Q: Pet peeve?

A: Procrastination.

Q: Unfulfilled wish?

A: Fluency in French.

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