After twelve years in India (1817–1829) working for the English trade agency Cruttenden, Mackillop & Co., Wolff returned to Denmark as a wealthy man and acquired Engelholm Manor south of Copenhagen.

Wolff was the elder brother of Niels Woldd, who would later acquire Vodroffsgaard in Frederiksberg through his marriage to Emilie Zinn.

His father owned a number of properties in Copenhagen and Vesterbro as well as the country house Grøndal in Frederiksberg.

From March 1809, he worked for the Royal Danish Mail while at the same time studying law at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1811.

[1] In 1816, Wolff followed the example of two of his brothers, moving to India, where he was employed by the British trade agency Cruttenden, Mackillop & Co. in Calcutta.

For the widow of the Præstø merchant H. C. Grønvolds, he was responsible of her share of the town's leading grain and animal feed business.

[1] At a young age, Wolff had attended the lower-ranking schools at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.