Honors and Awards
Siebel serves on the Board of Advisors of the Stanford University College of Engineering, the University of Illinois College of Engineering, and the University of California at Berkeley College of Engineering. He is a Director of the University of Illinois Foundation and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and is the Chairman of the Board for the American Agora Foundation. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Meth Project and the Siebel Scholars Foundation, and Chairman of the Siebel Foundation. He was ranked #5 and #3 of the world's top 25 philanthropists by Barron's Magazine in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In 2007 and 2008, he was named one of The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists by BusinessWeek.
Siebel received the David Packard Award for his achievements as a technology entrepreneur and his contributions to national security from the Business Executives for National Security in 2002 and was named one of the Top 25 Managers in the World by BusinessWeek in 2000 and 2001.
In 1999, 2000, and 2001, Fortune magazine recognized Siebel Systems as the fastest, third fastest, and second fastest growing company in the United States, respectively. Call Center Magazine inducted him to its Hall of Fame in 2000 in recognition for contributions to the business and technology of customer service.
- Top 10 CEOs - Investor’s Business Daily, 2000
- University of Illinois Presidential Award and Medallion, 2001
- One of Top 25 Managers in Global Business – BusinessWeek, 1999 to 2001
- CEO of the Year – Industry Week, 2002
- David Packard Award – Business Executives for National Security, 2002
- Thomas M. Siebel, Master Entrepreneur of the Year – Ernst & Young, 2003
- The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists – BusinessWeek, 2007, 2008
- Lincoln Academy Laureate – The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, 2008
- Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
- Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship – The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution, 2010
- Ranked #5 of the World's Top 25 Philanthropists – Barron's, 2009
- Ranked #3 of the World's Top 25 Philanthropists – Barron's, 2010
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