EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2023
Recognizing the unstoppable entrepreneurs who have shown incredible resilience to unlock new opportunities during uncertain times.
Celebrating the Art of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs contribute to our lives. They generate jobs and drive innovation without regard for boundaries. They encourage the process of nation building by promoting economic growth and prosperity. They combat disruptive forces and deliver creative solutions even during the most difficult circumstances, because of their imaginative ideas and unwavering spirit. Driven by their desire to improve the world around them, they stop at nothing to achieve their greatest ambitions.
This year we will recognise and celebrate artistic entrepreneurs who continuously repaint and reframe our economy from innovative new perspectives through their passionate work and zeal to work towards creating businesses and opportunities that have a valuable and lasting impact on communities to create a better working world.
The EOY Awards program is widely regarded as the world's first truly global business award, highlighting the top entrepreneurial talent. The first EOY program took place in 1986 in the US. In India, the EOY program was formally launched in 1999 in Mumbai. Over the last two decades, the EOY India program has felicitated over 250 entrepreneurs in several categories.
Every year, an independent jury comprised of some of India's most prominent business leaders selects the program's finalists and winners. The EOY title winners include some of the most influential and recognizable names across the globe — Sajjan Jindal, Falguni Nayar, Harsh C. Mariwala, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Siddhartha Lal, Sanjiv Bajaj, Vivek Chaand Sehgal, NR Narayana Murthy, Uday Kotak, Adi Godrej, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Anand Mahindra, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Agarwal, and Dilip Shanghvi, to name a few.
Nominate an inspirational entrepreneur and join us in celebrating 'The Art of Entrepreneurship' in the 25th EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program.
Nominations for the EOY India 2023 program are open till 18 August 2023.
Watch the ‘The Unstoppables’ Series
Webisode 1
Watch the first webisode of ‘The Unstoppables’ Series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, JSW Group & Vivek Kumar Jain, Managing Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals.
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Webisode 2
Watch the second webisode of ‘The Unstoppables’ Series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of K P Singh, Chairman Emeritus, DLF Group & V Vaidyanathan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IDFC First Bank.
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Webisode 3
Watch the third webisode of ‘The Unstoppables’ Series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Samina Hamied, Executive Chairperson, Cipla; Pawan Jain, Founder & Chairman, Safexpress and Rubal Jain, Managing Director, Safexpress & Mahesh Pratapneni, Co-founder, MedGenome.
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Webisode 4
Watch the fourth and last webisode of ‘The Unstoppables’ Series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Ravi Modi, Chairman & Managing Director, Vedant Fashions (Manyavar); Pradeep Kheruka, Chairman, Borosil Group and Irfan Razack, Chairman & Managing Director, Prestige Group.
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Program details
Recognized as the truly global business awards, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program celebrates some of the country’s most innovative business leaders.
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Featured press releases
‘Man of Steel’, Sajjan Jindal of JSW Group wins the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award 2022
New Delhi, 23 February 2023: Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Group was today named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2022 and will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) at Monte Carlo in June 2023.
23 Feb 2023
EY announces 11 Finalists for the 24th EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ Awards
Delhi, 09 February 2023: EY, the leading professional services organisation, today announced the selection of 12 exceptional entrepreneurs in India as the Finalists for its 24th EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ - India (EOY) 2022 Awards.
9 Feb 2023