As a young entrepreneur he graduated from the venerable Borphee Business School and at age 22, he founded Flathead Industries with a purpose to invent other companies, which it would then sell to FrobozzCo International. Within three years, FI had an annual income of 80,000,000 zorkmids. Eventually, the conglomerate decided to buy FI, renaming it the Frobozz Magic Company Company. John D. became one of FrobozzCo's 39,000 vice-presidents. It didn't take John D. long to parlay his business acumen and royal connections into the chairmanship of FrobozzCo. Years heady growth followed.