13 things about New York City’s Linda Malek Aslanian

Linda Malek Aslanian is a resident of New York City, New York, United States. She is an alumna of Baruch College and Columbia University, which are both in New York City.

BIOGRAPHY

Aslanian is an Armenian-Iranian-American financial services expert. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is a former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
2. She is 20 years younger than Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986 and owns Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts’ Four Seasons Hotel New York, which opened in Manhattan, New York City in 1993.
3. From 1989 to 1991, she attended Baruch College where she earned her master’s degree in finance.
4. From February 1999 to August 2001, she was a financial analyst at Tamares Real Estate Investments in New York.
5. From September 2001 to June 2015, she was a financial analyst at Four Seasons Hotel New York.
6. From January 2004 to June 2015, she was an asset manager for Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts.
7. From July 2015 to September 2017, she managed the operations and business development of an international luxury spa and a luxury resort hotel in New York.
8. She was unemployed from August 2015 to September 2015 and from February 2016 to July 2017.
9. From October 2015 to January 2016, she was an employee of L.RAPHAEL Beauty Spa at Four Seasons Hotel New York.
10. In August 2017, she joined New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) in New York City as an insurance agent.
11. In February 2018, she joined NYLIC subsidiary NYLIFE Securities as a registered representative.
12. In October 2024, she turned 60.
13. In 2025, she was attacked at Warner’s residence in Montecito, California, USA allegedly by Russell Maxwell Phay, then 42, of Henderson, Nevada.

TIMELINE

Aslanian lived in Hamburg, Germany before moving to New York City. She earned her master’s degree in architecture and design from Columbia University.

2018

• On March 3, 2018, she passed the investment company products and variable contracts representative examination and obtained her license as a general securities representative with NYLIFE Securities from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
• On June 5, 2018, she passed the uniform securities agent state law examination and obtained her license as an insurance agent in New York from the FINRA.
• On October 1, 2018, she passed the securities industry essentials examination.

2021

• On November 4, 2021, she passed the general securities representative examination and obtained her license as an investment company and variable contracts representative with NYLIFE Securities from the FINRA.

2025

• At around 4:15 p.m. on May 21, 2025, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office deputies found her with severe injuries outside Warner’s residence in Montecito. She was transported to a hospital where she was comatose due to a brain injury.