Conversation with Author Ed Hajim HBS’64

Registration closes on Monday, January 24, 2022. Webinar Zoom instructions will be emailed to the attendee list on the morning of Tuesday, Jan 25. The email will contain an additional Zoom registration step that must be completed in advance of the event start time to receive the meeting access link.

About this Event:

Join us on Tuesday, January 25th for an inspirational conversation with Harvard Business School Alum and author Ed Hajim regarding his memoir On The Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. In the memoir, Ed details his journey from surviving a childhood kidnapping and living in orphanages and foster homes to becoming a highly influential businessman on Wall Street. While discussing his professional accomplishments, Ed speaks on behalf of his Harvard experiences and provides insight into how he achieved enormous success despite facing adversity.

About the Speaker:


ED Hajim

Author | Road Less Traveled

ED Hajim, the son of a Syrian immigrant, is a seasoned Wall Street executive with more than 50 years of investment experience. He has held senior management positions with the Capital Group, E.F. Hutton, and Lehman Brothers before becoming chairman and CEO of Furman Selz. Hajim has been the co-chairman of ING Barings, Americas Region; chairman and CEO of ING Aeltus Group and ING Furman Selz Asset Management; and chairman and CEO of MLH Capital. He is now chairman of High Vista, a Boston-based money management company. In 2008, after 20 years as a trustee of the University of Rochester, Hajim began an eight-year tenure as chairman of the university’s board. Upon assuming that office he gave the school $30 million—the largest single donation in its history—to support scholarships and endow the Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Through the Hajim Family Foundation, he has made generous donations to organizations that promote education, health care, arts, culture, and conservation. In 2015, he received the Horatio Alger Award, given to Americans who exemplify the values of initiative, leadership, and commitment to excellence and who have succeeded despite personal adversities.

About the Moderator:


Eli Busen

Quality Operations Strategy Lead for Google Assistant and VP of Programs for HBSANC

Eli has held a variety of strategy, operations, and engineering roles at multiple companies, including Boeing, the Boston Consulting Group, and Amazon. He has a BSE in Aerospace Engineering and an ME in Space Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.