The commission also found evidence that financial services executives were pressuring money managers to engage in more trades, thereby generating more commissions.

But a number of Wall Street and other financial services executives have been strong advocates of including personal accounts in any overhaul of Social Security.

"The golf course is a terrific project," said Mr. Rubin, a financial services executive.

Rogan LaBier is an American financial services executive and author.

In fact, Mr. Wyly's early years are reminiscent of another politically active Dallas computer services executive, Ross Perot.

Her father worked as a medical services executive, and her mother was an artist and one-time gallery owner.

Private planes, or shares of them, are also on the rise, with demand for charter planes at one company up 40 percent to 50 percent among financial services executives.

He is currently a sales and services executive at Xerox.

"I thought it was a good thing to do," said Michael Doorley, a financial services executive and outdoor enthusiast who subsidizes the establishment from his own pocket.

Mr. Putnam, the financial services executive, recalled the time a colleague found a small snake near the fourth hole and put it in the cup.