He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was a star linebacker on the football team, earning All-East and Academic All-American honors.

[4] Noto joined Goldman Sachs in 1999 and was voted the top analyst by Institutional Investor magazine for research on the Internet industry.

[9] In May 2014, Noto announced that he would be leaving Goldman Sachs to join the New York-based hedge fund Coatue Management LLC.

[11] The two men built a good relationship the previous year when Noto managed Twitter's account while at Goldman Sachs.

[16] Noto oversaw SoFi's purchase of Galileo Financial Services in 2020, Technisys SA in 2022 and Wyndham Capital Mortgage in 2023.