At the time of Zable's death, he was the world's oldest public company CEO and Cubic was worth 1.28 billion dollars.

Zable earned a full athletic scholarship to the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

[4] He chose William & Mary over Harvard University which was much closer to home and also offered him an academic scholarship.

[5] After graduating college in 1937 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics, Zable played semi-professional football.

[4] After a year of playing football, he enrolled in the University of Florida Graduate School and earned his Master of Science degree in physics in 1939.

[3] Over the next six decades, Zable expanded Cubic Corporation into a billion dollar-plus engineering giant that employs approximately 8,000 people worldwide.

[7] Back in 1971, he "established the Walter J. Zable/San Diego Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFFCHF) to help preserve the genuine sportsmanship and integrity exhibited in high school and college football," according to an official San Diego City Council proclamation in honor of his 90th birthday.