[5] He joined Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW) in the United Kingdom in 1994.
[5][7] In 2011, he received a bonus of £44 million, with newspapers attributing his name to nominative determinism.
[8][9] Due to the Libor scandal, Ricci did not receive a bonus for 2012, however he did earn £17 million after selling Barclays shares after they were released to senior executives.
[11] Despite being based in England for much of his career, Ricci and his wife Susannah have been involved in horse racing in Ireland since 2005,[12][13] owning a large number of racehorses trained by champion trainer Willie Mullins.
[15] Following an article in The Independent that called him "the fat cat in the hat", Ricci retaliated by naming one of his horses Fatcatinthehat.