Philip Schulze - the factory man

My client is a 56 year old male named Philip Shulze. Philip was born in New York to German born parents Arna and Janek Schulz who moved to America to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930’s. He grew up in the suburbs of New York and at the age of 15 joined his father in the local steel factory.
His father had been working there since the day he arrived in America and there for life in the factory was made quite easy for Philip, he learnt all the background knowledge of the steel plant very quickly and like his father quickly grew to be a cherished employee.
Opportunities arose for Philip to undergo an apprenticeship with one of the local blacksmiths who also owned the factory which meant he was still able to use the facilities at the factory while learning more artistic and desirable steel skills.
After his apprenticeship finished in 1967, Philip continued to learn new things, quickly learning more about other metals, glass and even wood and furnishings. He starting selling his work at the local furniture shops, his work quickly gained recognition around New York as being modern and desirable, his name also started to become recognized by local entrepreneur and wealthy folk and as the demand became greater he had to open a small workshop to complete and sell his work and after only one month he also needed to take on a couple of young apprentices.
While still producing modern furnishings he was commissioned by a couple of local architects to complete some architectural iron work and found himself breaking into another field of demand as other local Architects were told of his ability to accommodate the most fussiest of Architectural demands his work in this area began to grow and grow. Slowly his work began to change again and he began to specialize in modern Architectural elements such as original and ornate door handles and bath rails, always trying to use the most up to date methods he found it easier to opened a factory based workshop and take on a hundred more workers to accommodate the demand requirements there he experimented with new tools and equipment, and different materials.
He has been making furniture for hospitals, schools and offices, with close relationships with the local architects for 30 years now. He had one of his closest friends design him a space to live in on the site where the factory is and when he first met Jeanne she was more than happy living on this site with him and it was spacious enough to raise 2 boys in, but now they have been married for 20 years there kids have grown up and the youngest son pretty much runs the factory for Philip, Jeanne now asks Philip if they can move to a quieter neighborhood where they can relax, spend more time together and live a lovely semi-retired life, where he can still pop down to the factory, being the workaholic that he is, but where it won’t run their lives.