EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ is the only global program of its kind for entrepreneurs. With a legacy of nearly 40 years, this flagship initiative celebrates, connects and supports entrepreneurs as they unlock their ambitions.

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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year - New Zealand

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program recognises and celebrates the spirit and contribution of exceptional entrepreneurs. These are the individuals who see things beyond the horizon and help shape the future. Come learn more about this year's winners.

A program like no other

Entrepreneurs from around the world are nominated to join an ecosystem of prestigious business leaders through a framework of invaluable resources and connections. CEOs, founders, owners and leaders participating in a yearlong EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program benefit from:

  • A global network of distinguished peers and mentors
  • Learning resources and insights to help navigate their growth journey 
  • Opportunities to raise the profile of their companies

What makes your business a masterpiece?

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ recognizes the impact of creators and innovators who lead successful businesses with purpose, vision and entrepreneurial spirit. Discover the art of entrepreneurship.

Representing the best of entrepreneurship

Starting at the regional and country level, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year honors leaders who demonstrate excellence in areas such as innovation, financial performance, social responsibility, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. ​​

Each annual program concludes with a competition and announcement of category winners — such as industry and innovation winners — and an overall winner. Winners are selected by an independent panel of judges who are successful, innovative entrepreneurs themselves. ​

Overall program winners go on to represent their country or territory in the ultimate global competition for entrepreneurs: EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™

Nominate a visionary

Are you a founder, CEO or leader of a high-growth business and ready to join our global ecosystem of entrepreneurs? Nominate yourself or another leader for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ today.

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  • Location

    Leader

    Program Manager

    Stasia Mitchell

    Fernando Coccaro

    Ricardo Furman

    Russell Phillips

    Jacquelyn Van Niekerk

    Erich Lehner

    Nina Gottsbachner

    Gabriele Tamandl

    Ilgar Veliyev

    Narmin Guliyeva

    Patrick Rottiers

    Ilse Peeters

    Raquel Teixeira

    Andreia Yamasaki

    Rachel Rodrigues

    Julie Olden

    Natalie Niedzialek

    Ayesha Hasan

    Maria Daniel

    Gina Matthew

    Cristián Lefevre

    Ximena Woolvett

    Michael Bi

    Vera Xie

    Lucy Zheng, Nicole X Wang 

    Edgar Sanchez

    Fabiola d Maldonado Guizar

    Berislav Horvat

    Silvija Prlic

    Božidar Radoš

    Stelios Demetriou

    Maria Nicolaou

    Stepan Tuma

    Lenka Simunkova

    Monika Spalavska

    Sarka Janku

    Søren Smedegaard Hvid

    Anette Vraa-Jensen

    Ranno Tingas

    Heidi Jalakas

    Juha Veikko Hilmola

    Lotta Hjerppe

    Roope Mänty

    Stanislas de Gastines

    Audrey Vines

    Ruslan Khoroshvili

    Natia Meltauri

    Wolfgang Glauner

    Lea-Marie Bahr

    Ashish Bakhshi

    Evangelos-Maximos Scopelitis

    Nadia Deliargiri

    Ágnes Pellion

    Orsolya Kovari

    Farokh Balsara

    Sunaina Uppal

    Peter Surja

    Avebria (Sera) Cicera

    Roger Wallace

    Eimear McCrann

    Yoram Tietz

    Sivan Hakmon

    Carmit Harel

    Enrico Lenzi

    Greta Ceserani

    Taichi Muto

    Sachiko Nakajima

    Samar Obaid

    Huda Alkhatib

    Erlan Dosymbekov

    Assem Tnalina

    Frank Mwiti

    Edith K Osoro 

    Bok Han Lee

    Jaejin Jeon

    Sascha Stahl

    Lucija Vinković

    Yves Even

    Christophe Gence

    Caroline Imbaut

    Philip Rao

    Joey Law

    Ronald Attard

    Kevin Mallia

    Guadalupe Castañeda Campos

    Fabiola d Maldonado Guizar

    Sieglinde van Veen

    Jason Macgregor

    Rebecca Seymour-East

    Ina K Rosenberg

    Veronica Hagelid

    Beatriz Boza

    Maria Alejandra Barrientos

    Henry M. Tan

    Ma Regina Maldonado

    Jan Krzysztof Bielecki

    Julian Przbylski

    Miguel Farinha

    Luis Florindo

    Telma Franco

    Bogdan Ion

    Ilinca Ciubotariu

    Ahmed Reda

    Ivan Rakic

    Mila Bjelakovic

    Jelena Virijevic

    Nam Soon Liew

    Raymond Tan

    Katarina Sekulova

    Zuzana Tocekova

    Azim Omar

    Sarah Custers

    Pablo Sanz Gutiérrez

    Elena Merino Macho

    Jesus Garcia Valcarce

    Carlos Esterling

    Therese Nordlander

    Frédéric Tissot

    Claudia Strässler

    Ian Wang

    Dee Dee Chen

    Maureen Wu

    Metin Canogullari

    Bahar Uysal

    Bilge Ergezen

    Ally Scott

    Courtney Shields

    Andrew (AJ) Jordan

    Wendy Fox

    Alberto Afiuni

    María Jesús Acosta Cabezas

    Thang Manh Hoang

    Nguyet Thu Vu

    Ashish Bakhshi

    Oghe (Oghenekume) Obieromah

    Location

    Leader

    Program Manager

    Stasia Mitchell

    Fernando Coccaro

    Ricardo Furman

    Russell Phillips

    Jacquelyn Van Niekerk

    Erich Lehner

    Nina Gottsbachner

    Gabriele Tamandl

    Ilgar Veliyev

    Narmin Guliyeva

    Patrick Rottiers

    Ilse Peeters

    Raquel Teixeira

    Andreia Yamasaki

    Rachel Rodrigues

    Julie Olden

    Natalie Niedzialek

    Ayesha Hasan

    Maria Daniel

    Gina Matthew

    Cristián Lefevre

    Ximena Woolvett

    Michael Bi

    Vera Xie

    Lucy Zheng, Nicole X Wang 

    Edgar Sanchez

    Fabiola d Maldonado Guizar

    Berislav Horvat

    Silvija Prlic

    Božidar Radoš

    Stelios Demetriou

    Maria Nicolaou

    Stepan Tuma

    Lenka Simunkova

    Monika Spalavska

    Sarka Janku

    Søren Smedegaard Hvid

    Anette Vraa-Jensen

    Ranno Tingas

    Heidi Jalakas

    Juha Veikko Hilmola

    Lotta Hjerppe

    Roope Mänty

    Stanislas de Gastines

    Audrey Vines

    Ruslan Khoroshvili

    Natia Meltauri

    Wolfgang Glauner

    Lea-Marie Bahr

    Ashish Bakhshi

    Evangelos-Maximos Scopelitis

    Nadia Deliargiri

    Ágnes Pellion

    Orsolya Kovari

    Farokh Balsara

    Sunaina Uppal

    Peter Surja

    Avebria (Sera) Cicera

    Roger Wallace

    Eimear McCrann

    Yoram Tietz

    Sivan Hakmon

    Carmit Harel

    Enrico Lenzi

    Greta Ceserani

    Taichi Muto

    Sachiko Nakajima

    Samar Obaid

    Huda Alkhatib

    Erlan Dosymbekov

    Assem Tnalina

    Frank Mwiti

    Edith K Osoro 

    Bok Han Lee

    Jaejin Jeon

    Sascha Stahl

    Lucija Vinković

    Yves Even

    Christophe Gence

    Caroline Imbaut

    Philip Rao

    Joey Law

    Ronald Attard

    Kevin Mallia

    Guadalupe Castañeda Campos

    Fabiola d Maldonado Guizar

    Sieglinde van Veen

    Jason Macgregor

    Rebecca Seymour-East

    Ina K Rosenberg

    Veronica Hagelid

    Beatriz Boza

    Maria Alejandra Barrientos

    Henry M. Tan

    Ma Regina Maldonado

    Jan Krzysztof Bielecki

    Julian Przbylski

    Miguel Farinha

    Luis Florindo

    Telma Franco

    Bogdan Ion

    Ilinca Ciubotariu

    Ahmed Reda

    Ivan Rakic

    Mila Bjelakovic

    Jelena Virijevic

    Nam Soon Liew

    Raymond Tan

    Katarina Sekulova

    Zuzana Tocekova

    Azim Omar

    Sarah Custers

    Pablo Sanz Gutiérrez

    Elena Merino Macho

    Jesus Garcia Valcarce

    Carlos Esterling

    Therese Nordlander

    Frédéric Tissot

    Claudia Strässler

    Ian Wang

    Dee Dee Chen

    Maureen Wu

    Metin Canogullari

    Bahar Uysal

    Bilge Ergezen

    Ally Scott

    Courtney Shields

    Andrew (AJ) Jordan

    Wendy Fox

    Alberto Afiuni

    María Jesús Acosta Cabezas

    Thang Manh Hoang

    Nguyet Thu Vu

    Ashish Bakhshi

    Oghe (Oghenekume) Obieromah

EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™

EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year is a unique gathering of disruptive entrepreneurs and global business leaders from more than 60 countries to find innovative approaches to accelerate growth.

Through keynote interviews, discussions, debates and interactive crowd-solving sessions, you will learn how the world’s most dynamic entrepreneurs — renowned for their ability to find new opportunities, even in times of unprecedented change — continue to grow and thrive.

The EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year experience provides an opportunity for you to:

  • Gain insights into the economic, political, business and social changes that are creating the “perfect storm” for entrepreneurs to flourish and grow
  • Meet inspiring game-changers who are disrupting industries, hear how they are leading the world through uncertainty, and generate innovative new ideas to grow your business
  • Grow the networks you need to accelerate growth in your business
  • Stimulate new ideas in a series of peer-to-peer interactive sessions, learn how others are developing plans to face the opportunities generated by uncertainty head on, and join forces to effect meaningful change for business and communities
  • Celebrate the outstanding achievement of the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners at the annual black-tie awards gala

The next EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Forum will take place on 5-9 June 2019.

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