I grew up in Detroit Michigan. I was encouraged by my parents to work at an early age. I had a gardening service, a paper route, a job at a shoe store, all before I was age 16. Besides earning money, work provided me with insights to people and the world. I started buying real estate and trading stocks and commodities at age 18. I graduated from Wayne State University at age 21, with a business degree, then went to Georgetown Law School. After law school, I practiced law for 4.5 years and then joined two clients to start an investment banking firm. We built the firm to 60 people in 3 offices and then sold the firm. After the sale, my partners and I started a private equity firm, investing in troubled companies. This is my current job, co-founder of LB Advisors, LLC. www. lbadvisors.us