Awards & Recognition

Recognition, by category —
not by count.

Four decades of work, reflected in a few honors that matter most.

By Category

• Author

  • Top 30 Business Books — Executive Book Summaries (2000)

• Consulting

  • Philadelphia Award in the Training Centre — Consulting University (2022)
  • The Finance Monthly Family Business Coach and Business Planning Expert of the Year (2022)
  • M&A Total Global Awards — Family Business Coach & Business Planning Expert of the Year (2023)
  • Family Business Coach & Business Planning Expert of the Year — Finance Monthly (2023)

• Entrepreneurship

  • Inc. (magazine) Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1991
  • Top 40 Under 40 Philadelphia Business Journal Business Leader in 1991
  • Philadelphia Jaycees Top Five Young Business Leaders in 1993, 1994 and 1995

• Mentoring

  • National University of Singapore Mentor Faculty 2014
  • Most Innovative Mentor of the Year — Silver Winner, Asia Pacific Stevie Awards 2025

• Podcasting

  • The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts — Communicator Awards (Distinction Series) — The Best Business Minds (2022)
  • DotComm Award — The Best Business Minds (2022)
  • Davey Awards Gold General — Business — The Best Business Minds (2022)
  • Davey Awards Silver General — Interview/Talk Show — The Best Business Minds (2022)
  • Hermes Creative Awards — Podcast — The Best Business Minds (2023)
  • Hermes Gold Medal — Asian Founders and Funders Podcast (2024)
  • DotComm Gold Medal — Asian Founders and Funders Podcast (2024)
  • MarCom Awards — Asian Founders and Funders Podcast (2024)
  • W3 Award for General Book Series — Gold — The Best Business Minds podcast (2022)
  • Award of Distinction, The Communicator Awards — Host of Asian Founders & Funders (2025)

• Teaching

  • VinUniversity Teaching in Excellence Award (2023)
  • Outstanding Faculty Contributor of the Year — VinUniversity (2025)
  • Change Maker Recognition — Excellence Award Program, VinUniversity (2025)
  • Outstanding Faculty in Service of Excellence — VinUniversity (2025)

• Journalism / Media

  • Small Business Journalist of the Year — Center City Proprietors Association of Philadelphia (2006)

• Other / Community Recognition

  • American Electronics Association Spirit of America Award (1994)
  • Race for Peace (2017)