[1] Victor Ricciardi completed a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and management from Hofstra University in 1991.
Ricciardi obtained an Advanced Professional Certificate in economics at St. John's University in 1996.
Ricciardi's dissertation research was on decision-making process by finance professors and financial planners in assessing risk with stock investments.
[3] Ricciardi worked as an investment fund accountant for Dreyfus Corporation and the Alliance Capital Management.
[2][4] Ricciardi was the editor of electronic journals distributed by the Social Science Research Network.