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Meet the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award winners who have been recognised for their leadership, vision and success. Explore more.
Timo Boldt 
Gousto
2022 overall winner 
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Brenda McLeish OBE
Learning Curve Group
2022 Societal Impact Winner
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David MacDonald
Cullen Packaging
2022 Transformational Leader Winner

 

Matthew Scullion
Matillion
2021 overall winner
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Gary Gallen
rradar
2021 Transformational Leader winner
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Ben Francis
Gymshark
2020 overall winner
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Darina Garland and Kristian Tapaninaho
Ooni Pizza Ovens
2020 One To Watch winners 
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Sherry Coutu CBE
 Founders4Schools and Digital Boost
2020 EY Lifetime Achievement Award
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Steve Jackson OBE DL
Recycling Lives
2019 Societal Impact winner and overall winner
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Martin Frost
CMR Surgical
2019 Distruptor winner
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Norris Koppel
Monese
2019 Rising Star winner
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Poonam Gupta OBE
PG Paper 
2019 Scale Up winner
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Imran Hakim 
Hakim Group
2019 Scale Up winner
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Jean-Christophe Granier
J&D Wilkie
2019 Transformational Leader winner
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Stuart Paver 
Pavers 
2019 Sustained Excellence winner
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Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
 EY Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

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