After he received his associate degree in management in 1963, he used the $10,000 he had saved from the ice cream business to convince his father to co-invest in the first Benihana, a four-table teppanyaki restaurant on West 56th Street.
Nach Erhalt seines Associate degree in Management 1963, verwendete er seine zuvor aus dem Eiswagen-Geschäft ersparten $10,000 um gemeinsam mit seinem Vater als Co-Investor in das erste Benihana, ein Vier-Tisch-Teppanyaki-Restaurant auf der West 56th Street, zu investieren.