According to this link that Greg posted, he was hired in 1987 when he was 15. That squares up pretty well.http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1031486.php>Edited to add: "December 1987: Gold hires 15-year-old J.P. Cohen, the son of a girlfriend, as a telemarketer. Cohen quickly becomes Gold's top employee."
Very interesting reading