Named "National Entrepreneur of the Year" (Twice) by USA Today, NASDAQ, Inc. Magazine, Ernst & Young, and The Kauffman Foundation
Been inducted into the "Entrepreneur of the Year" Hall of Fame
Created novel financial instruments that are still being used on Wall Street
Had Harvard Business School use him as a Case Study
Been granted a permanent place in the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History
Been included in the Forbes Magazine list of the 400 Wealthiest Americans
Named as "One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years" by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Allbusiness.com, and Apple Computer
Had his management techniques published in college textbooks and taught at universities across America
Been awarded the American Academy of Achievement's "Golden Plate Award for one of the 20th Century's Most Extraordinary Achievers" - an award previously bestowed upon five U.S. Presidents and three Nobel Prize winners