Mark Whitmore
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Investing |
| Location | Seattle, WA, United States |
| Introduction | Initially a bi-coastal meanderer, but now firmly rooted in Seattle. Taught/coached/dorm parented at Stony Brook (a Christian prep school) in Long Island after college. Went on to get my MAIS/JD from UW in the early-mid nineties. Practiced law for six years of quasi-indentured servanthood to pay off debt and save money to do something completely different. Have been a recovering attorney for over six years now. During this time, I have been a professional investor and pro bono financial adviser. |
| Interests | History, film, wine, music, watches, pop culture, travel, random discursive debates and tennis |
| Favorite movies | Casablanca, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Citizen Kane, Princess Bride, Dr. Strangelove, If . . ., Die Hard, Fight Club, Rules of the Game, This is Spinal Tap, Godfather (I+II), Lord of the Rings, Bringing up Baby, Double Indemnity, Star Wars (III-VI), Raging Bull, Annie Hall, Speed, The Matrix (I), Singing in the Rain, Aliens, Moulin Rouge! Seven, LA Confidential, Glengary Glen Ross and the Usual Suspects |
| Favorite music | Altrnative, and particularly Emo. Favorite Bands: Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Sleater-Kinney, Nirvana, Green Day, Weezer, Sunny Day Real Estate, Pavement, Massive Attack, REM, Bikini Kill, The Cure, The Smiths, The Verve, White Stripes, Veruca Salt, Modest Mouse, Against Me, Beastie Boys, The Streets, early U2, The Clash, Radiohead, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, MIA, Nine Inch Nails, Moby, PM Dawn, Public Enemy, Pixies, PJ Harvey, DJ Shadow, Hole and Blue Scholars. |
| Favorite books | The Bible, This Side of Paradise, A Tale of Two Cities, Hamlet, The Alienist, All the King's Men, Geek Love, The Education of Henry Adams, 1984, When Genius Failed, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, The Great Gatsby, Devil Take the Hindmost, The Worldly Philosophers, Lord of the Flies, Invisible Man, The Glory and the Dream, The Rape of Nanking, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Bonfire of the Vanities, Winning the Loser's Game, The Screwtape Letters, In Cold Blood, Of Mice and Men, Catch-22, Call of the Wild, The Scarlet Letter, Great Expectations, Tender is the Night, Middlesex, The Investor's Anthology, Heart of Darkness, Tomorrow's Gold, Hunt for Red October, The Hobbit, Night, Henry V, Dune, The Iliad, The Inferno, The Canterbury Tales, Harry Potter, The Stranger, The Chosen, The Life of Pi, The List of Seven |