Anthony James Hodel born March 6th 1973 is a former college and pro arena football player and an award winning entrepreneur. He attended Cleveland Heights High School and Brunswick High School. graduated in 1992. In 1997 He was named the CEO of Platinum Warranty Corporation a national auto warranty administration firm HQ in Cleveland, Ohio till 2005.
He was featured on Broadcast News Corporation's Winner’s Circle hosted by Terry Bradshaw and has received recognition as the #1 company of the 2002 Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead 100, the NEO Success Award for 2002-2003 and the Inside Business Award for 2000 through 2004. Hodel, an inductee of the Who International Directory’, has been named Wall Street Journal Businessman of the Year for 2002, 2003 and 2004, received the 2002 Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and named to the 2002 Case Western Weatherhead 100 . He is also on the 2005 Ohio Advisory of the National Republican Congressional Committee.