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The DeHaas file
Smart Business Chicago | April 2008
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Education: Bachelor’s degree, management
science and accounting, Duke University
What is the best business advice you’ve ever received?
I think so much of how I’ve been shaped goes back to early life, and it all kind of
boiled down to two things: Do the right thing and always act with integrity, and the need
to really strive for excellence and absolutely always do your best; those were the ways I
was brought up. The best business advice is be willing to take risks and redefine yourself; do different things, grow, learn and take a chance.
If you could be one superhero, which one would you be and why?
Wonder Woman. First of all, Wonder Woman had formal calling to be a superhero,
she was called to do that. Beyond that, some of the great characteristics she embodies
are wisdom, super stamina, the ability to heal and fix things, and she is also blessed
with sort of great sight and vision.
