2005 Celebration
- Robert Toll '63
About the Award
- Award Background
- Past Award Recipients
- Call for Nominations
- Awards Process
Robert Toll '63 , CEO & Chairman, Toll Brothers, Inc., is selected as Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2005
Toll Brothers, founded in 1967 by Robert Toll and his brother Bruce, is the nation’s leading builder of luxury
homes. Toll Brothers is the only national home building company to have won all of the most coveted awards in
the home building industry. In 2005, with Mr. Toll as CEO & Chairman, Toll Brothers, Inc. joined the Fortune
500. The company ranked 36th among all companies in ten-year earnings per share growth, 107th for net profit
margin, 264th for net income, and 477th for revenues.Mr. Toll has won numerous accolades and awards. Most recently he was named one of Barron’s Top 30 CEOs worldwide; in a related article, the magazine called him the undisputed king of high-end housing. Another recent award was Builder Magazine’s CEO of the Year.