Meet the Bay Area judges

The success of the program relies on the efforts of our independent panel of judges. The panel comprises past Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recipients and civic and community leaders who devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee. We deeply appreciate their dedication to the program.

Photographic portrait of Suo Chen

Shuo Chen
General Partner
IOVC

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Adam Foroughi
CEO
Applovin
2018 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Bonnie Hyun

Bonnie Hyun
US Head of Capital Markets
New York Stock Exchange

Photographic portrait of Gregory Kapust

Greg Kapust
Founder & Managing Director
Silverbow Development, LLC

Photographic portrait of Jack Kudale

Jack Kudale
Founder & CEO
Cowbell
2023 regional award winner

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Ramzi Ramsey
Managing Director
Blackstone

Photographic portrait of Eric Stone

Eric Stone
Founder & former CEO
Velano Vascular
2021 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Charlie Sweat

Charlie Sweat
Managing Principal
Sweat Equities, LLC
2011 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Rachel Zillner

Rachel Zillner
Co-Founder & CEO
Clutch
2023 regional award winner