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At the age of 3, Ed Hajim is kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, and told his mother is dead. He presses his face against the car window, watches the miles pass and wonders where life will take him.

Where you\u2019d least expect.

In a memoir filled with human drama, wisdom and timeless life lessons, ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom (Skyhorse; March 2, 2021) tells the improbable story of how Hajim bounced from foster homes to orphanages, in a daily struggle to survive, to living the American dream as an accomplished Wall Street executive and model family man with great moral fiber and the means to give back to a world that seemed intent on rejecting him.

It\u2019s a powerful story touched with family trauma, deprivation, and adversity balanced by a life of hard work and philanthropy.

\u201cWhile his childhood travails of loneliness, isolation, and poverty would have broken most people, Ed channeled his survival instincts and conquered his inner demons to become a loving family man and a beloved leader of people,\u201d says Raj Echambadi, Dunton family dean at D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University.

Hajim served as a senior executive at such firms as E.F. Hutton, Lehman Brothers, Furman Selz and other financial institutions, regularly transforming fledgling operations into profitable growth machines. His life accomplishments were rightfully acknowledged in 2015 with the Horatio Alger Award, given to Americans who exemplify the values of initiative, leadership, and commitment to excellence and who have succeeded despite personal adversity.

On the Road Less Traveled is packed with anecdotes of how Hajim used his ingenuity to achieve his goals and also provides insight into what he learned from some of his life\u2019s defining moments:

\u201cMy childhood disadvantages became advantages in later life.\u201d
\u201cBy living in 15 to 20 different locations, I learned how to adjust to different circumstances, became good at it, and almost looked forward to it; I was not afraid to change.\u201d
\u201cTough situations, hostile and abusive, taught me how to appreciate good times and handle difficult situations with less anxiety.\u201d
\u201cMy lack of a present family forced me to seek out external mentors and better understand the need for partners/people who cared.\u201d
\u201cBy being alone, I developed self reliance and was not afraid to be self-directed.\u201d
\u201cBeing very poor produced a drive for financial independence and appreciation for money.\u201d
\u201cNot having control produced a strong drive to seek freedom as a goal.\u201d
\u201cLater in life I realized that my childhood seemed to give me a foundation for recognizing the need for balance between self, family, work and community.\u201d

Throughout his career, Hajim was guided by his instincts to know when a situation had run its course. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s better to sever ties and leave on your own, even if the next step is unknown,\u201d he writes. \u201cThat\u2019s often the road less traveled, but it\u2019s so worth the journey.\u201d

The \u201cunknown\u201d also played a major part in Ed\u2019s personal life, when a long-kept secret he couldn\u2019t possibly have imagined was revealed.

Joel Seligman, president emeritus of the University of Rochester, says, \u201cEd Hajim\u2019s On the Road Less Traveled does full justice to a remarkable life lived by a remarkable man. You will learn much about why one man who began with nothing achieved so much and did so much for so many.\u201d

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\u2019s board. Upon assuming that office he gave the school $30 million\u2014the largest single donation in its history\u2014to 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.

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