[1] His father, who emigrated from Ukraine,[4] was a millionaire investor who lost everything in the stock market crash of 1929.
[7] They grew the business using a conservative financial model always including a 10 percent cushion into all their projects and never assuming price appreciation during construction.
[5] The Tolls are credited with mass-producing luxury housing by taking a few standard home styles and increasing the scale several fold.
[6] He served on the board of directors of the Cornell Real Estate Council, the Metropolitan Opera, Seeds of Peace, and Beth Shalom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
In 2007, 2008, and 2009, he was named the "Best CEO in the Homebuilders & Building Products industry" by Institutional Investor magazine.