Primary Job Title CEO / President Primary Organization Tippy
Location Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Regions Greater Miami Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
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David Tashjian is a venture capitalist and investor with roots in the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business and Hampden-Sydney College. His career started on Wall Street in 1982, where he built and ran high-yield trading businesses at both Salomon Brothers and Wasserstein Perella. In 1992, he was approached by Lazard Freres
& Co. to become a General Partner, where he headed a group focused on global investments. In 1999, David was appointed to Lazard & Freres’ Global Head of Debt and Equity Capital Markets and was also appointed to the firm’s Global Executive Committee.
In 2007, David retired from Lazard to pursue venture capital opportunities. As co-founder and president of Linq3, he steered the company to secure long-term contracts with state lotteries and multinational corporations, eventually acquiring $85 million in funding and 70 full-time employees. In 2015, David co-founded DirectTips and its flagship app, Tippy, to bring that same innovation to the style industry.
