He was a wholesaler of beer in Chicago during Prohibition and later a distributor of wine and spirits in Los Angeles, California.
[1] He started his career working for Al Capone as a wholesaler of beer during Prohibition, when it was an illegal substance.
[1] He then worked for Charles Gioe and Joseph Fusco as the manager of Gold Seal Liquors.
[1] He moved to California in the 1920s and quickly established Glencoe Distilleries and the Pacific Brewing Company.
[1] A decade later, in the 1930s, he was the owner of Central Liquor Distributors, the San Angelo Wine and Spirit Corporation, and Alfred Hart Distilleries.