Mr. Mardikian graduated from Trinity College (B.A.) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A.). He is the owner of Haig G. Mardikian Enterprises (real estate investments) and President/Director of Adiuvana-Invest, Inc. (real estate investments). He previously served as Chairman/director of The Forward Funds (a mutual fund company) and the Salient Mutual Funds. He served for many years as a trustee of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
He presently serves as a trustee of the Herbert Hoover Foundation, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association and is the Chairman of the William Saroyan Foundation. He previously served as the Board Chairman of The Foundation of City College of San Francisco and as a member of the board of directors of the International House at the University of California, Berkeley. His father worked as a Scout Leader at the orphanages established by Near East Relief.