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EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2026 Judges

Finalists competing for EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ were assessed by a diverse panel of independent judges — who are entrepreneurs themselves — against four criteria: entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact.

Linda Brown
Torrens University Australia
Australia

Dr. Helen Chan
Vita Green Health Products Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong, China

Mitchell Elegbe
Interswitch
Nigeria

Dr. Joachin Kuhn
va-Q-tec AG
Germany

Dr. Zhou Lihan, PhD
Mirxes
Singapore

Rubens Menin
Grupo MRV
Brazil

Asif Ramji
Venture Worx
United States

Claudio Sassaki
Stanford University
Brazil

Sam Smith
finnCap
United Kingdom