He and wife Faith, who also works in the financial industry conducting due diligence of portfolio managers, have three young sons, two of whom are twins.
His autobiographical account, "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller", is the basis for the making of the documentary-film profile, Chasing Madoff (2010).
His father Louis and two uncles ran a chain of 12 Arthur Treacher's Fish an Chips restaurants in Maryland and Delaware.
I felt like I was an army of one. I was a $50 billion failure. I wasn't good enough or smart enough to outmaneuver the SEC, the press wasn't listening to me, and I had no other avenue.
I needed a tutor in 7th and 8th grade. Whatever it was, I was having big problems with algebra.