Eli Jones III is an academic administrator, entrepreneur, professor, business leader, corporate board member, author, and professional speaker.

He is a professor of Marketing and Lowry and Peggy Mays Eminent Scholar at his alma mater, Texas A&M University.

[5] He was inducted into The PhD Project[5] Hall of Fame in 2016 for his sustained, unwavering commitment to achieving significant encouragement and impact within the network of minority business doctoral students and faculty.

After serving as dean for six years, he returned to the school faculty in the Marketing Department as a full professor and holder of an endowed chair.

[8] Jones was also selected by his academic peers internationally for the American Marketing Association's Sales Special Interest Group's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for making a significant impact on sales education and research.