Adami is the eldest of five children, and is a 1982 graduate of Croton-Harmon High School, where he captained both the varsity football and basketball teams.

[citation needed] In November 2010, Adami was inducted into the Croton Harmon High School Hall of Distinguished Graduates.

[4] In June 1986, Adami began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert where he worked on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

[7] Adami entered the Ironman as part of a fundraising effort for the New Jersey Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of which he is a member of the Board of Trustees.

At a December 11, 2012 Board Meeting, it was announced that the “Ironteam” raised $681,730 which surpassed their original goal of $500,000.