Who will be the next Entrepreneur Of The Year?

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

The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards recognize the men and women who excel at growing and sustaining market-leading businesses. They are pioneers and innovators – people like Michael Dell of Dell Inc.; Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc.; Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines; Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers.com; Richard Caruso of Integra LifeSciences Corp.; and Isaac Larian of MGA Entertainment.

In June we’ll announce the winners of the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 awards in 26 regions across the US. They will vie for the national awards and be recognized at a black-tie gala, hosted by Jay Leno, on November 15. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover our nation’s preeminent entrepreneurs.

Be prepared for bumps in road post-IPO

Even CEOs who delivered on their earnings forecasts following an IPO admit hitting snags once their company was public according to a survey announced at the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum’s IPO Transformation~CEO Retreat. The results reveal insights on CEOs’ motivations and timing for going public, their changing role, readiness to be a public company, and attracting and retaining investors. Find details in our press release.

The many faces of entrepreneurship

260 winners from regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year programs across the United States were eligible for the national Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 awards, held Nov. 15-18 in Palm Springs. Meet just a few of these outstanding individuals — like Dennis Doyle of Welshco, LLC, and James Bernau of Willamette Valley Vineyards — in our Road to Palm Springs profiles.

2007 Entrepreneur Of The Year regional winners selected

Learn more about the winners from the 26 regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 programs by using the US Regional Programs pull-down menu in the column at right or by visiting our Media Center. These winning regional entrepreneurs went on to the national Entrepreneur Of The Year awards, which took place in Palm Springs, Calif., November 15-18.

Guy Laliberté named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year

Canada's Guy Laliberté was named the 2007 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year at the climax of a glittering ceremony in Monte Carlo on June 2. Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, was praised for the "commitment to his artistic vision and the passion he has for his work" by the chairman of the independent judging panel. Among the one of the finalists for the award was the US Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 Richard Caruso, founder and chairman of Integra LifeSciences Corp.

How do we define entrepreneur?

From the Industrial Age to the Information Age, to the Age of Connectivity, change increasingly defines our daily lives. And entrepreneurs are the catalysts and keepers of that change. Find out the criteria our independent panels of judges look for in selecting Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year winners.

Visit the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame

In the 20 years that the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® awards have honored entrepreneurial achievement in business, we've recognized the winners by inducting them into the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. Now the Hall of Fame has both a permanent home at our 5 Times Square office in New York and a searchable online site. See for yourself the entrepreneurial excellence we've been so honored to celebrate.