In Brief: Vanguard's Thomas Rampulla

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Thomas Rampulla, managing director at Vanguard UK talks about his love of The Clash and finding time to relax with four children.

Who is your favourite author? Michael Lewis is probably my favourite author, I really like the way he tells a story. His book Liar's Poker written in 1989 was enormously influential to many young professionals of my era, unfortunately for the wrong reasons. He meant the book to expose the negative aspects of the Wall Street culture but it ended up glorifying the very culture he was criticising. I'm a sports fan and really like his books Moneyball and The Blind Side. His most recent book The Big Short was a brilliant take on the global financial crisis. What is the next film you wo...

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