Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have very good friends on Wall Street.
I decided I was going to go to Wall Street, and I was introduced to some people... I met a guy who knew a bond trader at Pressprich, and he got me to meet him and the guy that ran their sales department, Jack Collin.
All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho.
I grew up in New York.
My own career started in New York at the 'Associated Press', a fast-paced news agency where we rarely had time for deep reporting.
I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.
I've always wanted to invest. That's why I started working on Wall Street in the first place, back in 1986 when I went through the Salomon Brothers training program.
I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.
My very first job was working on a TV show that was a prestigious TV show and well done - was called 'Family.'
I grew up in Connecticut, going in and out of New York City, and I worked in the city in the '90s. I was freelancing for the Associated Press, and I fell in love with New York.