- During his career, Mann "founded 17 companies in fields ranging from defense to medical devices to pharmaceuticals," the Los Angeles Times explained. Some of those companies were: Second Sight, SpectroLab Inc., Heliotek Corporation, Pacesetter, MiniMed, Advanced Bionics, and MannKind Corporation.
- In 1998, the University of Southern California (USC) established the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering with his $100 Million endowment.
- Through four marriages, Alfred Mann fathered seven children: Brian, Howard, Richard, Carla, Alfred Jr., Kevin, and Cassandra.
- Alfred E. Mann's companies "developed devices that helped the blind to see, the deaf to hear and the paralyzed to control their limbs," the Los Angeles Times reported.
- Education: B.S., M.S. Physics: University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California.
- Younger brother of Robert Mann.
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