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During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Abundant Clear Dorm First Football Football Team Freshman Freshman Year Half Hour Joined Later Out Playing Pointed Practice Should Tall Team Try Upper Well Year

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Microsoft could help Facebook with one of the biggest challenges, namely monetizing its traffic without reducing the user's experience. It's obvious that Microsoft needs traffic and Facebook needs search.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Biggest Challenges Could Experience Facebook Help Microsoft Namely Needs Obvious Reducing Search Traffic User Without

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Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two where you actually have an advantage and you can press it.

~David Einhorn

Topics: About Actually Advantage Every Hold Hour Press Texas Time Two Up Waiting Where You

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There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Bet Could Ever Happens Microsoft More Poker Risk Table Than

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I've got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work.

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Topics: Admit Brother Does Got He Team Work

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Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Both Certain Edge Facts Games Incomplete Information Investing Looking Poker Psychological Set Situations Statistical Where Whether You

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My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. When the first energy crisis came in the early 1970s, the business suffered.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Business Businessmen Came Crisis Early Energy Family Family Business Father First Grandfather Jersey New New Jersey Paints Suffered Were 1970S

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I rooted for the Milwaukee Brewers and its stars, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. I went to a lot of games, including the World Series in 1982. The Brewers may have been a bad team for most of my life, but to have your team at its peak when you are thirteen years old is an experience I wish for every fan.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Bad Been Every Experience Fan Games Including Life Lot May Milwaukee Most My Life Old Paul Peak Robin Rooted Series Stars Team Thirteen Wish World World Series Years You Your I Wish

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I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being a member of the team was great training in critical analysis, organization, and logic.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Analysis Being Critical Debate Expense Grades Great High High School Logic Member Most Organization School Some Spent Team Training Working

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On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Best Combination Dad Days Fancy Mom Myself

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 20th, 1968

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