Peter Troob grew up on the rough and tumble streets of Scarsdale New York. While in grade school he starred in James and the Giant Peach and then went on to be Sonny in the Scarsdale High School senior play, Grease. Only 5'8, Peter mistakenly fancied himself a career in the NBA until, during his senior year in high school, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament and decided to take up golf instead.
Peter attended Duke University. During his freshman year he spent an evening sleeping in the sink while a pledge at Phi Kappa Psi. He credits this evening with his induction into the fraternity later that year. Peter graduated magna cum laude from Duke in 1991 and was Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduating, he went to work for Kidder Peabody in New York City as an investment-banking analyst. Subsequently, he worked as an investment professional with Geneva Companies in Irvine, California.
As it turned out, Peter found that the sunny beaches of Southern California were no match for the irresistible allure of the filthy East Coast. So, in 1993 he entered the graduate program at The Harvard Business School. While at Harvard, Peter was the editor of the Humor section in the Harbus, and the columnist for "Kosher Korner." He wrote over 70 articles or pieces, which makes his mother very proud. He spent the summer of 1994 as an associate in the investment banking division at DLJ, and then joined the firm full time upon his graduation from Harvard in 1995.
In 1996, Peter left DLJ for a private money management firm in Connecticut. He is currently a partner at the firm and is looking forward to many happy years there. Peter also co-founded Adornis.com, a business-to-consumer website of high-end jewelry. He is currently dot com happy and has helped form, and invested in, several other web-based companies.
Peter married Marjorie in September 1997 and they were fortunate to give birth to Rachel, a beautiful baby girl, in November 1999.