Bill Bartmann is quietly world renowned as “The Billionaire Nobody Knows”. Homeless at age 14, a high-school drop out, and a member of a street gang, Bill defied all odds and was able to pull himself up by his boot straps when he didn't have any boot straps. He decided to take control of his life and took the GED exam, then put himself through college and law school. Bill may be the only high school dropout who has:
* Been 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.
* Accomplished the first "Investment Grade" Wall Street securitization of non-performing unsecured loans.
* Borrowed more than $3.1 billion from 120 different lenders for more than 180 separate transactions - all for privately held - startup companies.
* Acknowledged by the Nilson Report as having created the "Largest, Best Trained, and Most Efficient Debt Collection Operation in the World".
* Acknowledged by BusinessWeek Magazine as "One of the Top 30 Family Friendly Companies" in the United States.
* Acknowledged by BusinessWeek Magazine as "One of the Best Entrepreneurs".
* Lauded by Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas for his "Minority Enterprise Initiative".
* Acknowledged by BusinessWeek Magazine as "One of the Top Ten Family Oriented Businesses In America".
* Acknowledged by Working Woman Magazine as "One of the Top 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers".
* Named one of the "Phoenix 50" by Success Magazine
* Appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma to a four year term on the Board of "Oklahoma Futures" I
