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Chris Liddell

(1958) Philanthropist

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Chris Liddell is a philanthropist.

Quick Facts About Chris Liddell

Born: April 24, 1958
Profession: Philanthropist

About Chris Liddell

[Wikidata] New Zealand-born US-citizen businessman... | [Wikipedia] Christopher Pell Liddell is a New Zealand-American businessperson, author and philanthropist who is currently a director of Anthropic, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford University. He has served as chief f

Quotes by Chris Liddell

I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.

Expect

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Engineering is a fantastic base for any career.

Any

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I switch on and off very easily; I'm inherently lucky in that sense. I sleep well.

Easily

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Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding…

About

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My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I…

Day

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I don't sit down and relax very much. I don't desire to.

Desire

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I've always found diversity more interesting than specialisation. I like mixing it up across years, within days, within weeks - that's what…

Across

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What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.

Discipline

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So, what genetic disposition do you need to be a CFO? Essentially, you need to be miserable, you need to be the…

Away

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