Books that influenced me

The president and COO of Cheil UK is influenced by: The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway; One Hundred years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith; The Confucian Mind, by Daniel Wang; Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro and Far Eastern Tales, by W Somerset Maugham.

Books that influenced me

Chris HarrisCheil UK

Chris Harris is president and COO of Cheil UK, one of the world's leading advertising agencies. He took over as CEO of Leagas Delaney in 2009 before moving to Cheil UK and has worked with clients including Audi, British Airways, Levi's, LG, NatWest, Tag Heuer and Diageo.

1. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, published by Arrow New Ed edition, 1994

Reading Hemingway was dangerous for me as I get very involved in the books I read. Consequently, my perusal of Hemingway gave me an irresponsible attitude...

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