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the surname of Philip Delves Broughton is "Delves Broughton" rather than "Broughton"

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Legal name
Delves Broughton, Philip
Birthdate
1972
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Places of residence
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Paris, France
New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Education
Oxford University (New College|Classics)
Harvard University (MBA )
Occupations
journalist
author
essayist
Organizations
The Daily Telegraph
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http://www.learnfrommylife.com/Philip...

Delves Broughton is a Journalist at heart and loves to write. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and educated in England, Philip attended New College, Oxford, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Classics. Between 1994 and 2002 he worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph, episodic by a brief stint at The Times of London. From 1998 to 2002, Phil Delves Broughton was the Telegraph’s New York correspondent. Philip did variety of assignments including covering the Sean "P.Diddy" Combs gun possession trial in New York to traveling through Latin America. He also oversaw the paper’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks on New York. In 2002, soon after getting married, Philip Delves Broughton was appointed the Telegraph’s Paris bureau chief.


In 2004, Philip left journalism to attend Harvard Business School. After graduating, he returned to New York and have since worked on business development projects for various media and financial firms and written Ahead of the Curve. Philip Delves Broughton hopes to continue writing and pursuing business ventures in equal measure. Philips is married to Margret and they have two sons.
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the surname of Philip Delves Broughton is "Delves Broughton" rather than "Broughton"

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An exploration of sales that finds and interviews revered salespeople across industries and walks of life. With a background far removed from sales, this was really interesting.
 
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trilliams | 1 other review | May 30, 2015 |
This was an excellent account of two years at the Harvard School of Business written by a journalist from the UK. I have a business degree from undergrad and have no interest in going back for more but it was still very interesting. I enjoyed his observations about his fellow classmates, his thoughts about the non-US born students (and how they saw many things differently) and his internal struggles between taking a job that you probably won't like to support (but rarely see) your family and worries of "wasting" two years at Harvard Business School by not taking a big finance job. A good book for business students and those thinking about going back for an MBA.… (more)
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walterqchocobo | 4 other reviews | Jan 5, 2011 |
Insightful and balanced; avoids the obvious tempation to do a hatchet job.
 
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jontseng | 4 other reviews | Feb 11, 2009 |

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