John is a native of New York City, graduating from Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1963 and from Stetson University in 1967. John worked on Wall Street during summer breaks and achieved a BBA in accounting and finance.
John worked at Arthur Anderson in Fort Lauderdale, FL, for three years after graduation. He then worked at United Federal Savings & Loan Association as a controller for four years. He worked for NASA as a controller for the next four years and has prepared accounting, financial, and investment analysis and tax consulting since 1980.
Palm Beach Capital Corporation was formed by John is 1986 to develop pension plan portfolio management for many of his tax clients, and it has only grown since then!