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I can vividly remember my first high school economics class, that was when I first realized that math wasn’t only theoretical. Another significant milestone was my stint as the chief audit and control officer based in Zurich, Switzerland. Kris Giswold (KG): My journey in finance began with my love of puzzles and numbers.
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