Heidi works at Lehman Brothers, across the street.

Akers began her career in beach volleyball in 2002 after moving to Southern California from San Francisco, where she had been working at Lehman Brothers.

"Larry and I used to work together at Lehman Brothers," she said.

She worked part-time at Lehman Brothers.

The two founders had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.

A graduate of Cornell University, he worked at Lehman Brothers before he entered the oil business in the 1930's.

Her boyfriend worked at Lehman Brothers in the World Trade Center as a Web page designer.

Miss Koury, 28 years old, works in institutional sales at Lehman Brothers in New York.

Ian's brother Stefan, who worked in publishing, and Melissa Neumann, a 23-year-old analyst at Lehman Brothers, joined the organization.

What it was like to work at Lehman Brothers, from a trader at the bottom of the floor.