2025 Pro Bono Service Award

Описание: Born and raised in Houston, Texas and instilled with an entrepreneurial drive from entrepreneurial parents; Steve enjoys leading people, business development and helping others. He enjoys the strategy of making more, from less.

Steve grew up helping his father’s business (in which his father was featured in Forbes). He enjoys learning from others, adapting to different environments, strategy, and helping instill confidence in others to achieve their goals.

Steve personally enjoys achieving goals and self-development. Steve has won numerous awards, higher-level education, and extracurricular activities that further developed his financial management and people skills. Some of those awards and achievements include 1st place winner in the Foundations Stock portfolio competition (return of 61% vs. competition mean of 21%), National Excellence in Leadership Award & Presidential status from the National Society of Leadership & Success, the Bill & Sharon Young Media Education Scholarship and most dedicated alumni from Alpha Kappa Psi ( the largest business fraternity). A cosmopolitan traveler and philomath, Steve O. or Steven (as some affectionately call him), has been fortunate to travel throughout the world, and enjoys learning about culture, meeting new people, and developing relationships. He also enjoys the strategizing of travel planning to achieve finite goals of places and experiences with limited time and resources in an efficient manner. Steve also enjoys gardening and how it is akin to investing with the phrases like “you reap what you sow” and “the fruit of your labor.”