John P. Calamos, Sr. (born 1940) is a Greek-American businessman, mutual-fund manager and a self-made billionaire with an estimated net worth of 2.7 billion dollars according to Forbes. He founded Calamos Asset Management in 1977, and won several accolades, including, with the Calamos Growth and Income Fund, receiving both Standard & Poors/BusinessWeek awards for Excellence in Fund Management for year 2003 and year 2004. He is also a veteran of the Vietnam War, in which he served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Calamos received a bachelor's degree in business and economics from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1963 and an M.B.A. in 1970, and currently serves on the IIT Board of Trustees.