EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Program

Nominations and judging

The Entrepreneur Of The Year™ (EOY) pogram is a business awards program aimed at rewarding inspiring leaders of dynamic companies. The program is designed to recognize achievement at the highest level in business, and seek nominees from a wide variety of industries. Whether your business is an established private enterprise or a young, fast-growing private company, the program can help you develop and expand. Don’t miss this opportunity. If you’ve got what it takes – nominate now.

To be eligible to enter the program, the nominee must be an owner or the manager primarily responsible for the recent performance of the company. The nominee’s company must be at least two years old.

Anyone associated with a successful entrepreneur – professional advisor, customer, supplier, banker, lawyer, employee or spouse – may nominate the individual. Entrepreneurs can also nominate themselves. All information submitted on the nomination form will be kept strictly confidential and will only be used by EY and an independent panel of judges for the selection process. Only the winners selected by the panel will be announced to the public. A nomination form is attached to the last page of this brochure. It can also be downloaded here.

After the nominations are received, they are thoroughly screened and evaluated based on the information provided in the nomination form. We then meet with each candidate for due diligence interviews and prepare evaluation reports for judges’ deliberation. 

The independent judging panel decides on the winners after undertaking a rigorous selection process.

Each annual program concludes with a competition and announcement of category winners — such as industry and innovation winners — and an overall winner. 

The judging criteria conform to a single global standard adopted by all EOY programs.

Entrepreneurial spirit

Purpose

Growth

Impact
  • Identifies opportunities to innovate and create a better world
  • Takes risks to realize their vision
  • Demonstrates courage, perseverance and resilience to overcome significant obstacles
  • Commits themselves and their organization to an inspiring purpose and vision
  • Drives strategies for a sustainable future business
  • Creates and protects value in the long term, across a broad group of stakeholders and ecosystems (e.g., consumers, employees, suppliers, government, communities, investors, and shareholders)
  • Increases market share and expands into new markets
  • Drives positive financial performance
  • Invests in attracting, developing and retaining a diverse mix of talent
  • Builds a culture of innovation that pioneers new approaches or technologies
  • Positively impacts the customers they serve
  • Integrates sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices in their strategy with robust commitments and execution plans
  • Focuses on diversity and inclusion across multiple dimensions

Winners are selected by an independent judging panel composed of distinguished industry leaders, renowned experts from the business and financial sectors, and past EOY winners. Panel members are chosen based on their expertise and dedication to entrepreneurship.

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EY

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Supporting organizations

HKSTP

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