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Could you be the next “Entrepreneur of the Year”?
The world’s biggest and most visible competition for entrepreneurs, both at the national and global level, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award represents an enormous opportunity for entrepreneurs everywhere.
Ernst & Young is inviting applicants to participate in its 2008 Entrepreneur Of The Year® (EOY) award for the most successful and innovative entrepreneurial business leaders around the world. This international competition will take place during the coming months in 125 cities in 39 countries. Europe is the most represented region by far, with 25 countries hosting EOY competitions.
The EOY winners are selected by an independent judging panel in each participating country. Each overall National EOY Winner will then be invited to participate in the World EOY Award ceremony.
Last year’s winner was Canada’s Guy Laliberté, Founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil. The chairman of the independent judging panel praised him for the "commitment to his artistic vision and the passion he has for his work".
Previous Entrepreneur Of The Year winners have gone on to build some of business's most recognizable names:
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com, US
- Andrea Illy, Illy caffè S.p.A., Italy
- Ingvar Kamrad, IKEA, Sweden
- Pierre Omidyar, eBay, Inc., US
- Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologie, India
- Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google, Inc., US
If you'd like to participate in this year's competition you can access this website for details about how to register.
For a complete list of countries as well as for more information about any aspect of the competition, visit this page.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year competition will take place in 25 European countries over the coming months