Alright folks, here’s how my whole thing went down today trying to figure out this “David Hakimian” situation. Bit of a head-scratcher at first.
I kept seeing this name pop up in different places online – some forums talking business stuff, couple articles I skimmed. Didn’t pay much mind initially, you know how names float around. But then it started feeling like one of those things where you buy a blue car and suddenly everywhere is blue cars. Happening way too often to be random.
Decided I needed to understand who this guy actually was or why it mattered. My brain was stuck on “David Hakimian”. Seemed important, maybe connected to something I was working on? Or maybe it was a sign for something else. Who knows? Just felt like I needed to dig.
First step was obvious: straight up Googled “David Hakimian”.
- Way too many results, mostly just noise. Like finding a needle in a haystack made of other needles.
- Saw mentions linked to some businesses, investments maybe? Real vague.
- Couldn’t find one clear source saying “Here’s David, this is exactly what he does.” Super frustrating.
Next move: switched to LinkedIn. Figured, who isn’t on LinkedIn these days? Typed the name in.
- Boom, several “David Hakimian” profiles popped up.
- Started clicking through them one by one. Profiles looked kinda generic, not much detail.
- Tried looking at connections we might share. Dead end.
- Reached out on LinkedIn? Nope. Didn’t feel right sending a cold “Hey, who are you?” message.
Dead end there. Annoying.
Started getting a bit obsessive, won’t lie. Went back to those articles and forum posts where I first saw the name. Read them way closer this time.
- Noticed the name was usually mentioned alongside specific companies, but never directly claimed as “this is David’s company”.
- Tried searching for those company names plus “David Hakimian”.
- Got some old news clippings… hints about someone with that name involved years ago.
- Still felt like chasing a ghost. Information was scattered and old.
This felt impossible! Why was this so hard?
Finally, I changed my approach. Instead of searching for David Hakimian, I thought, maybe look at what he might be connected to. Went deeper on those companies hinted at in the articles.
- Started digging through their corporate websites. Wayback Machine was my friend.
- Searched old press releases buried deep.
- Focused on finding names linked to founders or key investors.
And there it was! Buried in an archived investor relations page for one of these old companies I’d been tracking, like from ten years back, was a tiny footnote: “Funding provided by a consortium led by David Hakimian“.
So, he wasn’t some ghost. Just an investor, kept super quiet, years ago. Made me realize I’d spent half a day chasing what turned out to be background noise for my current projects. The mystery wasn’t some big revelation, just an old money guy whose name stuck around. Total facepalm moment. Sometimes things seem significant simply because you’re looking at them too hard.
