In 1947, Weill was sent to Peekskill Military Academy (PMA), a well-known boarding school at that time. In PMA, Weill excelled academically, in sports and extra-curricular activities. He was appointed as an ‘officer’ in his junior and senior years. The success achieved by Weill in his four years at PMA gave him the confidence he needed. In 1951, after graduating from military school, Weill joined Cornell University.
In 1955, he got married to Joan Mosher, an education major at Brooklyn College. In the same year he got his college degree. Weill’s first Wall Street job was with Bear Stearns brokerage firm in the late 1950s, as a runner5 at $150 per month. In 1960, at the age of 27, Weill started his own brokerage firm Carter, Berlind, Potoma and Weill (CBPW) with Arthur Carter, Roger Berlind and Peter Potoma. Click here to read more…
