Growing up in Armenia during the waning Soviet years, Ripsy Bandourian was well on her way to becoming a medical doctor, like both of her parents and two of her grandparents. But the choice was hardly her own. .... I remember going on a family vacation and being outside a bakery and counting the number of people walking in, then extrapolating how much it was making. I'd say, 'This bakery is making $4000 today! Why aren't we doing that?' My parents were like, ...
Growing up in Armenia during the waning Soviet years, Ripsy Bandourian was well on her way to becoming a medical doctor, like both of her parents and two of her grandparents. But the choice was hardly her own. .... I remember going on a family vacation and being outside a bakery and counting the number of people walking in, then extrapolating how much it was making. I'd say, 'This bakery is making $4000 today! Why aren't we doing that?' My parents were like, ...
After graduating, Brown worked at CSFB in New York for four years in real estate and private equity before enrolling at HBS. Last summer, she worked in London at Bridges Community Ventures, a community-development venture-capital firm founded by Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA '69). ... Growing up in Armenia during the waning Soviet years, Ripsy Bandourian was well on her way to becoming a medical doctor, like both of her parents and two of her grandparents. ...
