EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2024
Honouring the visionary builders of a better India, who have demonstrated remarkable resilience in unlocking new opportunities.
Celebrating entrepreneurial ingenuity and the legacy it creates
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 the entrepreneurs who are reframing 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 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (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 350 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 — Vellayan Subbiah, 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 entrepreneurial ingenuity in the 26th EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program.
Nominations for the EOY India 2024 program are open till 30 August 2024.
Meet our EOY 2023 winners
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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Builders of a better India
Entrepreneurs influence us in many ways. They create products and services we use, build and grow businesses, support economic vibrancy of our local communities and global markets. They shape our lives and create the future.
Watch the 'Builders of a Better India' Series
Webisode 1
Watch the first webisode of "Builders of a Better India" series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Vellayan Subbiah, Executive Vice Chairman, Tube Investments of India, Chairman, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co Ltd and Venu Srinivasan, Chairman Emeritus, TVS Motor Company.
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Webisode 2
Watch the second webisode of "Builders of a Better India" series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato and Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Executive Chairman, Tata Sons.
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Webisode 3
Watch the third webisode of "Builders of a Better India" series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman and MD, Persistent Systems Ltd, Team ICICI, and Rafique Malik, Chairman, Metro Brands Ltd.
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Webisode 4
Watch the fourth webisode of "Builders of a Better India" series (a special series on moneycontrol.com) featuring the entrepreneurial journeys of Lalit Keshre, Co-Founder and CEO, Groww, Sanjay Gupta, The Chairman, APL Apollo Tubes Ltd and Shahid Bilakhia, Founding Member, Micro Life Sciences (Meril).
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Featured press releases
Vellayan Subbiah is the EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2023; Natarajan Chandrasekaran awarded the Special Jury Award and Venu Srinivasan conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award
Mumbai, 23 February 2024: In a celebration of entrepreneurial excellence, Vellayan Subbiah, Chairman, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co Ltd and Executive Vice Chairman, Tube Investments of India has been awarded the esteemed EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ Award 2023 (EOY). The nine-member independent jury led by K V Kamath, Former Chairman of ICICI Bank, selected Vellayan Subbiah as the EOY 2023 winner for his bold strategies to transform existing businesses while seizing new opportunities through acquisitions and diversification, which not only helped him grow his group companies to unprecedented scale but also created four times increase in shareholder value in just three years.
23 Feb 2024 Mumbai IN
EY announces 11 Finalists for the 25th EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ Awards Program
Mumbai, 13 February 2024: EY India proudly commemorates a remarkable milestone this year as it celebrates the silver jubilee of the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ - India (EOY) Awards program in the country. The firm today unveiled the 11 exceptional entrepreneurs selected as Finalists for the EOY 2023 Awards. Chosen from a pool of over 260 outstanding nominations, these Finalists will be honoured at a grand celebratory Awards Banquet to be held on Friday, 23 February 2024, in Mumbai.
13 Feb 2024 Mumbai IN
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