Following service in the U.S. Army, and becoming a US citizen Andlinger began his career with McKinsey & Company, a noted management consulting firm.
In 1948, as a winner of a New York Herald Tribune essay contest for Austrian high school students, Andlinger made his first visit to the United States.
At the age of 19, Andlinger received a scholarship to Princeton University – the alma mater of his earlier American student host - with advanced placement as a junior.
As part of his degree, Andlinger completed a 137-page long senior thesis titled "The Economic Effect of the Tax on the Unreasonable Accumulation of Profits.
In 2015, Andlinger purchased Jon Bon Jovi's penthouse at 158 Mercer Street in New York's SoHo neighborhood for $34 million.
[6] Andlinger has been a large contributor to Princeton University,[7] leading hospitals in the area of cancer research,[8] and the American Austrian Foundation[9] among many other causes.