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How we celebrate the world’s most visionary entrepreneurs


EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ is the ultimate global competition for entrepreneurs.


In brief

  • EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates the entrepreneurs who inspire us all to build a better world.
  • The annual program features visionary entrepreneurs from more than 75 countries and territories.
  • The world winner is chosen by a globally diverse panel of independent judges, based on four criteria that measure long-term value.

We admire entrepreneurs for their ambition, relentless optimism and intellectual curiosity. Through these characteristics, they identify and seize opportunity to catalyze change in virtually every industry and affect some of the world’s most complex challenges.   

At EY, our goal is to support entrepreneurs as they transform their businesses and scale to new heights. One way we do that is through EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, the only global program of its kind for entrepreneurs. Since its 1986 founding in the US, this prestigious initiative now operates 58 programs across 79 countries and territories around the world.

Every year, program winners from around the world convene for the ultimate global competition and recognition event for the world's top entrepreneurs — EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ — to vie for the world title.

Selecting our world winner requires an understanding that entrepreneurship and business success can look different in different pars of the world. Through a global panel of independent judges, country and territory program winners are fairly assessed using criteria that embody long-term value.

EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2024 winner

Congratulations to Vellayan Subbiah, winner of the ultimate global competition for entrepreneurs.

WEOY 2024 winner Vellayan Subbiah

Our award winners 

Every year, I am privileged to meet the winners of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programs from around the globe competing for the world title. And every year, I am deeply inspired and encouraged by their vision, determination and impact. 
 

Every day, entrepreneurs are making a world of difference through social and economic change.  They are tackling global sustainability and climate change through innovations in renewable, clean energy; fighting chronic illness with advances in health sciences; leading initiatives that drive diversity, equity and inclusion; and reinventing our use of and relationship with cutting-edge technology.  
 

Driven by the desire to better the world around them, they don’t let anything stand in their way.
 

I’m excited to celebrate and support entrepreneurs on this global stage. Their stories stick with me and are a true testament to what makes them incredible leaders and people. They launch and scale businesses that make a world of difference. And I can’t wait to see what they do next.  


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    Summary

    EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates the vision, insight and determination of entrepreneurs from around the globe.

    Each year’s overall winner is chosen by a diverse panel of independent judges who understand the entrepreneurial mindset because they are entrepreneurs themselves. Learn more about EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year and the entrepreneurs leading the way to solving the world’s biggest challenges here.

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