After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in applied mathematics, Flowers worked at Goldman Sachs for 20 years starting in March 1979, and was a founder of Goldman's lucrative financial institutions merger practice in the late 1980s.
After graduating from Harvard University, Flowers worked at Goldman Sachs for 20 years. Flowers, who was named partner in 1988, was a founder of Goldman's lucrative financial institutions merger practice in the late 1980s.