In his “public life”, Mr. Stephenson is a global private merchant banker and the Founder and former Chairman of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Global (Boca Raton), Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Chicago), Southwestern Regional Medical Center (Tulsa), Eastern Regional Medical Center (Philadelphia), Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Atlanta), Western Regional Medical Center (Phoenix), Cancer Treatment & Wellness Center (Seattle).

He is the Founder and Chairman of Gateway for Cancer Research (Chicago), Assistance in Healthcare Foundations (Chicago, Tulsa, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Phoenix), International Capital Investment Company (Chicago), International Capital & Management Company (St. Thomas), Center For Learning (St. Thomas), International Private Bank (St. Croix), Tudor Oaks Farm, Inc., Stephenson Family Foundation, Celebrate Life Foundation, Cancer Nutrition Centers of America, Inc., Barrington Saddlery, L.L.C. , and is a Founding Board Member: FreedomWorks
(Washington), RCP Advisors (Chicago), Sheridan Capital Partners, LLC (Chicago), Brown Legacy Group (Chicago), et al.

Professionally, Mr. Stephenson’s experience and expertise is in global merchant banking, finance, healthcare, and real estate, and he has served on the boards of many professional, political, service, civic and charitable institutions.

Mr. Stephenson understands, practices and advocates for the honored tenets of the Moral Code, is an avowed libertarian and a graduate of Wabash College, (A.B. Degree), a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law, and an honorary doctorate from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. He was a Fellow in Political Economy at the Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York; Rampart College, Larkspur, Colorado, and the Investment Banking Executive Program, Harvard Business School. He is a 33° Scottish Rite Freemason, a Distinguished Eagle Scout in America, and a lifelong benefactor of numerous Libertarian, free market institutions (e.g. Hayek Institut, Ludwig Von Mises Institute, FreedomWorks, Foundation for Economic Education (from which he received their Lifetime Achievement Award), The Atlas Society, CATO Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, Reason Foundation, Acton Institute, Mercatus Center, Pacific Research Institute, Heritage Foundation, et al.

In 2013 he was presented with the distinguished Clarence Jackson Award for Professional Achievement from his alma mater, Wabash College. In March of 2017, he was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans (Washington, D.C.) for his entrepreneurial spirit and passionate commitment to the well-being of others, and in 2019 he was the recipient of the Hayek Institut and Austrian Economic Center Lifetime Achievement Award (Vienna, Austria).

He is a member of numerous social organizations; country clubs, the Yacht Club de Monaco, Chicago Yacht Club, et al.

A resident of St. Thomas, USVI, with homes in Illinois, Michigan, Colorado and Arizona, he is happily married to “best-selling author of Vibrant”, Dr. Stacie Stephenson and is the proud father of seven wonderful children; Dr. Christopher Stephenson, Ann Stephenson Hostetler, Shawn Stephenson, Jennifer Stephenson Keller, Shelby Stephenson, Richard J Stephenson II, Blake Stephenson and Gabrielle Stephenson, and nine dynamite grandchildren.