If there is one thing I am well versed in it is finance and Wall Street. He certainly wasn't a Wall Street mogul. He most likely worked for an investment bank for 2 years tops working 100 hour weeks spreading financial statements and building excel based financial models before he washed out. Given his age I should be able to make a few phone calls and if he was such a mogul find that out pretty quickly. In fact, I am going to ask people on my call tomorrow.