Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
Awarded forEntrepreneurship
Sponsored byErnst & Young
Date1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Presented byErnst & Young
Websiteey.com/entrepreneur-of-the-year

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, previously known as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards is an annual award program sponsored by Ernst & Young in recognition of entrepreneurship. Founded in 1986 in Milwaukee as a single award, the program now runs in all 50 U.S. states and in more than 60 countries.[1]

At the country and territory levels, programs begin with nomination[2] of entrepreneurs who demonstrate specific criteria. The award may be given to multiple individuals per year. For example, in the U.S. and other countries, there are multiple regional and category winners, spanning fields such as for retail and consumer products, technology, family business, energy, chemical and mining, food products and services, real estate, hospitality, and construction, financial services, digital media, and transformational ventures.[3] However, in each country, only one company and its leader(s) are recognized as the overall award recipient.[4]

Since 1986, over 10,000 founders, CEOs, and business leaders have received awards,[5] with an average of 400 recipients annually.

EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year

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Since 2001, the overall country winners from EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programs around the world have gathered in Monte Carlo, Monaco the first week of every June for EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year.

Dubbed "the ultimate global competition and event for entrepreneurs," each year's class of country winners are reviewed by an independent judging panel of business leaders and previous award recipients.[6]

The judges for EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 were Chair of Judges Hernan Kazah, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Kaszek Ventures (Argentina); George Hongchoy, Executive Director and CEO, Link Asset Management Limited (Hong Kong and China); Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Xtreme Solutions, Inc. (USA); Susan Chong, Founder and President, Greenpac Pte Ltd. (Singapore); Noëlla Coursaris Musunka, Founder and CEO, Malaika (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Michèle Sioen, CEO, Sioen Industries (Belgium); Rafał Brzoska, CEO, InPost Group (Poland); and JungJin SEO, Honorary Chairman, Celltrion Group (South Korea).[7]

21st century recipients

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Year[8] Winner(s) Company Country
2001 Paolo della Porta SAES Getters Italy
2002 Stefan Vilsmeier BrainLab Germany
2003 Narayana Murthy Infosys Technologies India
2004 Tony Tan Caktiong Jollibee Foods Corporation Philippines
2005 Wayne Huizenga Huizenga Holdings United States
2006 Bill Lynch Imperial Holdings South Africa
2007 Guy Laliberté Cirque du Soleil Canada
2008 Jean-Paul Clozel Actelion Switzerland
2009 Cho Tak Wong Fuyao Glass Industry Group China
2010 Michael Spencer ICAP United Kingdom
2011 Olivia Lum Hyflux Limited Singapore
2012 James Mwangi Equity Bank Kenya
2013 Hamdi Ulukaya Chobani United States
2014 Uday Kotak Kotak Mahindra Bank India
2015 Mohed Altrad Altrad France
2016 Manny Stul Moose Enterprise Australia
2017 Murad Al-Katib AGT Food and Ingredients Canada
2018 Rubens Menin MRV Engenharia Brazil
2018 Aaron Begley[9] Matrix Composites & Engineering Australia
2019 Brad Keywell[10] Uptake Technologies United States
2020 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Biocon India
2021 Jung Jin Seo[11] Celltrion South Korea
2022 Gaston Taratuta[12] Aleph Inc Argentina
2023 Doris Hsu[13] GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. Taiwan
2024 Vellayan Subbiah Tube Investments of India & Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. India

Other awards

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Periodically, global leaders are bestowed awards during the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year award gala in Monaco.

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Social Entrepreneurship Award

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The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Social Impact and Social Entrepreneurship awards recognize the achievements of leaders whose legacies have had global impact in areas such as sustainability. This award is peer-selected by EOY alumni that form the Global Alumni Council. Recipients of this award are considered EOY alumni.[14]

Year Winner(s) Company Country Announcement
2016 Selim Bassoul Bassoul Dignity Foundation Lebanon
2018 Andrew Forrest Fortescue Metals Group Australia [14]
2019 Liu Jiren Neusoft China [15]
2021 Charles III British Monarchy United Kingdom [16]
2022 Stella McCartney CBE Stella McCartney Cares United Kingdom [17]

References

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  1. ^ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programs". United States: Ernst & Young.
  2. ^ "Entrepreneur Of The Year nomination". eoy.ey.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. ^ "Meet NY award recipients". Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. United States: Ernst & Young. 2013.
  4. ^ "US winners". Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. United States: EY. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16.
  5. ^ "Visit the Hall of Fame". Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. United States: EY. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Entrepreneur of the Year". United States: EY. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14.
  7. ^ "EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 judging panel". www.ey.com/weoy.
  8. ^ "EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Winners". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  9. ^ "Matrix chief among award winners". The West Australian. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. ^ "AI software founder wins world entrepreneur award". Financial Times. 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. ^ "Celltrion chairman selected as entrepreneur of year". koreatimes. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  12. ^ "CEO of Argentina-based Aleph Group named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  13. ^ "Doris Hsu from Taiwan named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2023". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  14. ^ a b "EY honors Andrew Forrest with 2018 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Alumni Social Impact Award". Ernst & Young. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Dr. Liu Jiren honored with 2019 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Alumni Award for Societal Impact" Ernst & Young, EY.com. 6 June 2019.
  16. ^ EY. "JungJin SEO from South Korea named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2021". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  17. ^ Tanti, Cassandra (2022-06-10). "EY returns to Monaco for Entrepreneur of the Year Awards". Monaco Life. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
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