ˈæftɚ wˈɜːkɪŋ æt dəmˈɪnɪk ænd dəmˈɪnɪk, hiː dʒˈɔɪnd hɪz fˈɑːðɚz fˈɜːm ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən, lˈiːdɪŋ ɪt fɹʌmðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z tʊ ɪts tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈeɪl tə ɡˈoʊldmən sˈæks fɚɹɚ ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd dˈɑːlɚ sˈɪks.fˈaɪv bˈɪliən.
After working at Dominick & Dominick, he joined his father's firm in 1967, leading it from the 1980s to its 2000 sale to Goldman Sachs for a reported $6.5 billion.