Egypt: Adam’s World Travels

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Journey through Egypt

No place has fascinated me in my travels more than Egypt. I have only been once, and that was in April of 2001. One might say that is before the world changed. I met amazing people, including Sameer, our tour guide throughout Luxor. He was the perfect host, knowing exactly how long we would want to stay at each major site. We could have spent another month in Luxor alone, but alas only had 10 days for our entire holiday. Sameer helped us maximize that time. About a week after the terrible attacks happened on September 11, we received a phone call in Chicago from Sameer. He wanted to know if we were OK as he knew we spent most of our time in New York, where I worked at the time. He was an amazingly gracious man and part of fond memories.

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Adam L. Stanley Believer. Leader. Giver. Value driver. CIO100 on , , and . Wharton MBA. Washington University BSBA. Currently Global CIO of Cushman & Wakefield, one of the top 3 global commercial real estate and property services firms. Former CTO of Aon Corporation and Technology and Security Services Director at Aviva. Everything on this site is personal and not the views of my current or past employers or educational institutions.

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