I was born and raised in Beachwood Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, where family was the most important thing in life. I’ve been called a “financial prodigy” by the LA Times, and one of “Wall Street’s top players” by the investment community, but I still live in the same one bedroom apartment in LA that I bought in the 1980s. I never want to forget where I am from, or lose my Midwestern sense of what matters. My two best friends still live in Cleveland.