Beginning as  a floor clerk in 1975, Mr. Reich became a member and option specialist on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange at the age of 21.  He is a member of the American Stock Exchange and the New York Futures Exchange.

In 1992. Mr. Reich helped establish a trading desk, internalizing order flow, for the Pershing Division of DLJ.  He accepted a job as a private client broker for Lehman brothers in 1997.  Transferring to Bear Stearns in 2001, he worked in Ppivate Ccient services until the merger with JP Morgan.