He was a commodities broker - would buy and sell anything, really, for a price.
After three years of "doing nothing but playing golf" he started to work as a commodity broker in Florida.
Some commodity brokers think that forecast might be too high.
The commodity brokers kept on coming across the name of Drax.
He started his career as a commodity broker with Stemcor.
Willoughby wasn't the only one, nor were there just commodities brokers.
They said his father was a successful commodities broker for a Chicago-based concern who moved to the neighborhood more than 20 years ago.
If all goes well, he will graduate next year, and look for a job as a commodities broker or a specialist in agricultural credit.
That calculation comes to mind in trying to figure out what happened at Refco, the commodities broker.
Paul Heilbrunn, 35, was a commodities broker and columnist for a local business journal.