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T.Kaliński, D.Miłek, D.Aluwihare, S. i K. Olszewscy |
The finalists of the fifth Polish edition |
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Deputy Prime Minister W. Pawlak, D. Miłek, R. Młodkowski |
Tomasz Kaliński (Alnet Systems) |
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P. Strzelewicz (Q-Workshop) |
P. Strzelewicz, S. K. Olszewscy |
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M. Łangowski (TeleMobile Electronics) |
S. Olszewska (Solaris Bus & Coach), Dr K. Pawłowski |
Dariusz Miłek is named the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007
press release, 28.11.2007
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Dariusz Miłek is named the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007. The President of Grupa NG2, a leader of the Polish shoe market, has won this year’s competition organised by Ernst & Young. Today’s Final Awards Gala not only celebrated Polish entrepreneurship, but also marked the 5th anniversary of the Polish edition of the international programme Entrepreneur of the Year.
"The shoe market is like the Tour de France – the strongest are in the lead. But I hope that there will still be others to race against" declares Dariusz Miłek, the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007, a former professional cycling champion. NG2, the company owned by the main award winner, has been consistently built and successfully developed since 1996. This met with the highest recognition of the competition judges and was reflected in the verdict: "for strong and committed leadership shaped based on the sporting experience, for successful implementation of a strategy that ensured the company’s rapid growth, record profitability and the leading position in the Polish shoe market, and for an unbending will to continue the race". The Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 also won the first place among the participants of the Services Category.
As a winner of the Polish edition of the competition, Dariusz Miłek will represent Poland during the “World Entrepreneur of the Year” award ceremony to be held in Monte Carlo next year. Here are other winners of the competition:
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Solange and Krzysztof Olszewscy, Solaris Bus & Coach
Awarrd in the Manufacturing Category, given for: "exemplary perseverance and determination in building the company’s significant position in the European market, ecological innovative technical solutions and consistency in establishing and promoting the only Polish automotive brand with worldwide recognition". |
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Tomasz Kaliński, Alnet SystemsAward in the New Business Category, given for "passionate commitment to the development of the company, which encounters the risk of the most difficult business challenges, while offering security to others, for consistent implementation of unique modern solutions and for courage in facing international competition". |
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Nearly 80 participants competed for this year’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 title. Other finalists of the competition were:
- MANUFACTURING CATEGORY
Jan Kolański, Jutrzenka
Bogdan Szewczyk, BODZIO Furniture Factory
- SERVICES CATEGORY
Adam Godawski, Omega Pilzno
Roman Szwed, ATM S.A.
- NEW BUSINESS CATEGORY
Marek Łangowski, Telemobile Electronics
Patryk Strzelewicz, Q-Workshop
The Entrepreneur of the Year is the only international initiative of this scale (over 10,000 candidates annually), promoting the best entrepreneurs in the world. The program, organised annually since 1986, already involves over 30 countries. In America, where the idea of the competition originated, the program is often referred to as business Oscars.
In Poland the competition has promoted entrepreneurs already for five years. Each year it involves a growing number of participants and consistently carries out a mission of presenting the public with the most valuable examples of business success. An independent judging panel, headed by Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, assesses the candidates according to their business achievements. Moreover, it takes into account the criteria, such as: entrepreneurship, strategy, international operations, innovation and relations with employees and the environment. These criteria, which are the same in all the competition organising countries, offer equal chances of winning to entrepreneurs from all over the world.
The Polish competition partners are: Fortis Bank, Gazeta Wyborcza, Harvard Business Review, TVN24 and the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Additionally, New Connect was the partner of this year’s Final Awards Gala.
More information: www.ey.com/pl/eoy
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