Northeast Ohio Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Winners Announced

Cleveland, OH, July, 1 2007 – Ernst & Young LLP tonight announced the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The YearŽ 2007 award in the Northeast Ohio region. This year’s award winners were lauded at a special banquet event at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel with more than 400 people in attendance.

All award winners were selected by an independent panel of judges composed of area leaders from business, academic and civic organizations. The Northeast Ohio Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 award winners are:

• Technology — Len Pagon Jr., CEO, Brulant, Inc.
• Distribution & Manufacturing — Scott & Dean Mueller, CEO & President, Dealer Tire
• Health Sciences — Charles Hallberg, CEO, MemberHealth, Inc.
• Emerging — Dave Roush, CEO, Insurance.com
• Consumer Products — Robert Shearer, CEO, Shearer’s Foods, Inc.
• Service — Elizabeth Juliano, President, Litigation Management, Inc.
• Financial Services — Bela Szigethy & Stewart Kohl, Co-CEO, The Riverside Company

The Northeast Ohio award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 17, 2007. The overall national Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient is then considered for the worldwide event held in Monte Carlo.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 21st anniversary this year and continues to recognize the leaders and visionaries who are creating and building world-class businesses. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are pleased to have Bank of America as the national presenting sponsor, as well as SAP America and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as national sponsors.

In the Northeast Ohio program, local sponsors include Thompson Hine, Stout Risius Ross and Smart Business Network magazine.

About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2007, honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 125 cities and 40 countries.

About Ernst & Young
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