ProgramVisit the US Regional Awards programs sites Now entering its 23rd year, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. Finalists of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year regional awards are recognized at award galas across the US throughout the month of June. Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Winners Network Congratulations winners! You are now a part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Winners Network. “We are creating the Winners Network as an active community of the country’s most innovative and successful business leaders,” says Larry Haynes, Americas Director, Entrepreneur Of The Year. Global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs. Find out more about the EOY programs by selecting a country below: Location selector | | NewsEntrepreneurship and innovation: the keys to global economic recovery Global economic recovery depends on the proven relationship of entrepreneurship and innovation to economic growth (pdf, 1.21M). Large corporations in particular must build and sustain innovation-oriented cultures to retain their roles as market leaders. Economic growth is also created by effective public policy — the current crisis is the perfect time for policy-makers and business leaders to support entrepreneurs and innovators at all levels of their economies. The 2008 Entrepreneur Of The Year winners Meet the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 national winners, chosen by independent panels of judges from among more than 240 winners from 26 US regions who were contenders for the prestigious award. | | EventsStrategic Growth Forum 2009: November 11-15 in Palm Springs, California Join America’s top CEOs, entrepreneurs and the world’s leading private and public investors for the country’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies. This invitation-only event concludes with the 23rd annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year national awards, hosted by Jay Leno. Cao Dewang wins World Entrepreneur Of The Year Chairman of Fuyao Glass Industry Group takes award in Monte Carlo. Read more. Jean-Paul Clozel, biotech pioneer, named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year Switzerland’s Jean-Paul Clozel is the 2008 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year, named at our 1 June awards ceremony in Monte Carlo. | |