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The Ernst &Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Program - Southeast Area -Florida - Ernst & Young - United States

2009 lifetime achievement honoree and award finalists

Growing a company from concept to industry leader requires a special breed of individual: someone who doesn’t believe those who say it can’t be done, someone who sees opportunity in every problem, someone who won’t take “no” for an answer. They’re called entrepreneurs.

Each year the most successful and innovative entrepreneurs vie for the most prestigious honor in this class: the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. From a field of nearly 100 nominations, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award program proudly salutes the 2009 Florida finalists and honoree. These entrepreneurs most successfully embody these qualities and spirit. The lifetime achievement honoree and award finalists for the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Florida awards are listed below. You may view the 2009 award recipients here.

Michael J. Ward
Chairman, President and CEO
CSX Corporation
Jacksonville

Valerie Holstein
President and CEO
CableOrganizer.com
Fort Lauderdale

Michael J. Kasbar
President and COO
Paul H. Stebbins
Chairman and CEO
World Fuel Services Corporation
Miami

David A. Smith
Chairman and CEO
PSS World Medical
Jacksonville

Zalmi Duchman
CEO
The Fresh Diet
Surfside

Nick Friedman
President
Omar Soliman
CEO
College Hunks Hauling Junk
Tampa

Michael Murdoch
President and CEO
AppRiver
Gulf Breeze

Jacob Beckel
Chairman and CEO
AnazaoHealth Corporation
Tampa

Stephen F. Dickey M.D.
Founder and Vice President of Operations
Doctor’s Walk-In Clinic
Tampa

Rafael P. Perez
President and CEO
Medica HealthCare Plans
Coral Gables

Benjamin Fertic
CEO and President
Ironman Corporation
Tampa

Joy Gendusa
CEO
PostcardMania
Clearwater

Tony Little
President, CEO and Founder
Health International Corporation
St. Petersburg

Joel Altman
Chairman and CEO
The Altman Companies
Boca Raton

Charles C. Appleby
Chairman and CEO
Advanced Disposal Services
Jacksonville

Marc Ganzi
CEO
Global Tower Partners
Boca Raton

Menderes Akdag
President and CEO
PetMed Express, Inc. dba 1-800-PetMeds
Pompano Beach

Christian de Berdouaré
Founder and CEO
Chicken Kitchen USA, LLC
North Miami Beach

Gene Knippers
Chairman
Nick Vojnovic
President
Chuck Winship
CEO
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s
Tampa

Michael K. Ferris
President and CEO
Valet Waste
Tampa

Abdol Moabery
President and CEO
GA Telesis, LLC
Fort Lauderdale

Scott Riley
CEO
Fintech
Tampa

Waymon Armstrong
President and CEO
Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc.
Orlando

Daniel J. Devine
CEO
Compass Knowledge Group
Orlando

Tony DiBenedetto
Chairman and CEO
Tribridge
Tampa

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Entrepreneur Of The Year Magazine
Find out more about the innovative men and women who are Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 national winners and finalists — as well as the awards program and judging process — in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Magazine (pdf, 4M).

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