- The IEEE Medal of Honor (2006)
- Time magazine's Person of the Year (2005)
- The Harvard Business Review's 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World (1999)
- The Horatio Alger Award (1999)
- The Computerworld/Smithsonian Award (1999)
- The National Medal of Technology (1998)
- The Japanese Order of the Rising Sun (1998)
- The Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year (1998)
- The Technology & Engineering Emmy Award (1996)
- The Computerworld/Smithsonian Award (1995)
He has also received multiple honorary doctorates from universities around the world.