EY Family Enterprise Award of Excellence
The EY Family Enterprise Award of Excellence recognizes exceptional entrepreneurs who lead some of the world’s most successful, multigenerational family enterprises.
The award recipients stand as a testament to the unique resilience, values, long-term vision and entrepreneurial spirit that characterize the world’s most successful family enterprises.

EY Family Enterprise Award of Excellence Class of 2022
We are delighted to celebrate the recipients of the EY Family Enterprise Award of Excellence, an honor that recognizes excellence in family businesses.
Congratulations to all recipients
We are proud to feature and recognize the outstanding achievements of these remarkable women and men in pursuing their ambitions and building a long-term, intergenerational legacy.
Past recipients
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Class of 2021
Austria
Hannes Moser
Axel Kühner
Greiner AG
(Photo copyright: Greiner AG)Belgium
Jean-Louis de Cartier de Marchienne
Stefaan Merckx
Frederic de Somer
Cartamundi groupBrazil
Décio da Silva
WEGDenmark
Mads Kann-Rasmussen
VKR GruppenFinland
Annaleena Hakola
Hakola huonekaluNorway
Knut K. Heje
AgraPeru
Boris Schwartzman
Cía. Industrial Nuevo Mundo S.A.Romania
Nicolae Şerban
Grup Şerban HoldingSingapore
Kwek Leng Beng
Hong Leong Group
Slovenia
Marjeta Furlan
Marino Furlan
Anej Furlan
Nika Furlan
Intra LightingSouth Korea
Ji Ho Hyun
Seung Hoon Hyun
Suk Ho Hyun
Hwaseung GroupSwitzerland
Patrick Firmenich
Firmenich -
Class of 2020
Austria
Rudolf Staudinger
Fritz Poppmeier
Gerhard Drexel
Hans K. Reisch
SPARBelgium
Michel Moortgat
Duvel Moortgat
Finland
Antti Aho
Kari Jussi Aho
Ville Aho
Annakaija Lappalainen
Miia Porkkala
Aho Group
France
Michel Haag
Edouard Haag
Yolande Haag
Brasserie Meteor
Germany
Dr. phil. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller
Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG
Italy
Attilio Zanetti
Matteo Zanetti
Paolo Zanetti
Zanetti S.p.A.
Netherlands
Familie Van der Leegte
VDL Groep
New Zealand
Kiri Barfoot
Peter Thompson
Stephen Barfoot
Barfoot & Thompson
Singapore
Far East Organization
Slovenia
Marko Lotrič
LOTRIČ Metrology Ltd.
South Korea
Young Ju Park
Seung Jun Park
EAGON
Spain
Ignacio Osborne
Grupo Osborne
Sweden
Martin Bengtsson
Fabian Bengtsson
Isabel Bengtsson
Eva Bengtsson
SIBA Invest AB

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