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The Southeast Area
Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur Of The Year Program

Entrepreneurs, seeing beyond today to create tomorrow.

We’re looking for entrepreneurial leaders and visionaries — men and women who create market-leading businesses, contribute to the strength of their communities and the economy, and help raise the bar of business excellence.

Celebrating entrepreneurs and the businesses they build and grow has been a priority for Ernst & Young for more than two decades, and we are proud to continue this distinguished tradition through the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The YearŽ — the most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award recognizes the men and women who excel at what they do - pioneers and innovators such as Michael Dell of Dell Inc.; Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc.; Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines; Jim McCann of
1-800-Flowers.com; Richard Caruso in Integra LifeSciences Corp. and Matthew Szulik of Red Hat, Inc.

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For more information about the Southeast Area awards program, contact
Darlene Pearson Lowe, Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director,
or call 404 817 5481. Do you want to get involved and need the critical details?
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Regional Contacts

Southeast Area
Darlene Pearson Lowe
404 817 4838

Alabama/Georgia/Tennessee
Taylor Van Acker
404 817 5275

Carolinas
Amanda Dudley
704 331 1925

Florida
Bev Eha
813 225 4893

Legacy of honoring entrepreneurial excellence

For 22 years, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards have honored the men and women who build the companies that help make the world a better place. Tthe Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year has celebrated entrepreneurs innate ability to create new products and services, transform organizations, enrich individual lives and contribute to the vibrancy of national economies.

The annual Entrepreneur Of The Year awards begin each year with programs across the United States. Seven to 10 winners in varying award categories in each program are selected from among nominees by independent judging panels, comprising local business, financial, academic and media figures. In 2008, 26 US regions hosted Entrepreneur Of The Year awards and honored their winners at award galas in June. All regional winners are contenders for the national awards.

At the polls

Leaders of high growth companies provided instantaneous feedback during both the IPO and Strategic Transactions and the Growth Strategies tracks on critical issues facing their companies and yours. View a selection of our most interesting poll results.

Southeast Area EOY program

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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 the 2008 national winners and finalists — as well as the awards program and judging process — in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year magazine (pdf, 4M).

Strategic Growth Forum

The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards is the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, an exclusive gathering of CEOs and management teams of America’s best companies, with specific programs designed for each stage of a company’s business life cycle.
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