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Survivors. Story elements: Text: Kip Hagopian learned the value of hard work at an early age. From the time he was about ten years old, he spent summers working on his uncle Soak’s farm near Fresno, California, where Soak’s parents settled after emigrating from Western Armenia in the Ottoman Empire at the turn of the century. Text:
Kip Hagopian was a founding general partner of Brentwood Associates, one of the largest and most successful venture capital and private equity firms in the U.S.
“They all took a great risk going to Fresno,” Hagopian recalls. “By the time the family got there, they had no money. They spent the last of their money buying train tickets from Ellis Island to California.”
The essay is the product of almost three years of research on income tax theory, examining all of the various principles and theories that have been considered by scholars in their efforts to identify the most equitable income tax system. The sole focus of the essay is on the fairness of the earned income tax.
Kip Hagopian is chairman emeritus of the board of directors of Maxim Integrated Products, a leader in the analog semiconductor industry. Hagopian co-founded Brentwood Associates, a high-technology, venture-capital, and private-equity firm, where he headed its high-technology investment group.
Kip Hagopian was a co-founder of Brentwood Associates, a California-based venture capital and private equity firm. This essay is an abridged version of a paper which is available in its entirety and for comment at www.kiphagopian.com.
Jan 10, 2014 · By Kip Hagopian & Dana Goldman (Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com) With each passing day the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has become increasingly imperiled.
