At the age of 3, Ed Hajim was kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, and told his mother was dead. Ed was bounced from foster homes to orphanages, living a daily struggle to survive, to realizing the American dream. He provides insight into what he learned from some of his life’s defining moments. Ed is chairman of High Vista Strategies and has served as a senior executive at firms such as E.F. Hutton, Lehman Brothers, and other financial institutions. He is the author of the book www.purple-planet.com