Everything You Need To Know About The EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
This post is sponsored by EY. Opinions are my own.
In brief
Watch EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 live on cnbc.com/weoy on 10 June.
Entrepreneurs lead us into the future and are key for our post-COVID-19 recovery around the world. We admire them and depend on their innovations for economic growth and global positive change, but how often can we celebrate them? Not as often as we would like. That’s why every year, EY holds the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ awards. The awards program was founded 35-years ago in the US. The now global awards program is in over 60 countries and more than 145 cities across the world. It has grown to become the most elite competition for competitions in the world.
Selecting the winner is no easy task. EY and its panel of judges must consider the varying metrics for success in different countries and have identified six criteria for determining which entrepreneurs have built businesses that create long-term value.
What are those six criteria for EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ ?
Entrepreneurial spirit
Purpose-driven leadership
Innovation
Value creation
National and global impact
Strategic direction
Who is on the diverse panel of independent judges?
Meet EY’s global group of distinguished judges (many of whom have participated in previous EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programs):
Rosaleen Blair, transforming talent management
Girish Jhunjhnuwala, reinventing the hotel experience
Hernan Kazah, co-founder of the largest technology fund in Latin America
Susan Chong, a pioneer in sustainable packaging
Alexey Repik, a biotech leader
Noëlla Coursaris Musunka, winner of the Nelson Mandela centenary award for educating girls in Africa
How many entrepreneurs have made it to the finals?
38 global finalists could take home the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2021 Award. The finalists are chosen from countries worldwide, and each of these unstoppables has stopped at nothing to reach their ambitions and achieve the success they have today.
You can learn more about each of the unstoppable entrepreneurs by watching the video below or cast your vote for most inspiring here:
Where can you watch it?
The EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Awards is streaming live at cnbc.com/weoy on June 10 at 11 AM PT.
For those of you who are like me and have difficulty remembering to attend these events, you can also sign up at the link below for updates and calendar reminders.
Aside from the event itself, there are plenty of ways for you to get involved and join the conversation. Meeting, connecting, or learning more about each of the finalists and judges is a great way to get involved and stay inspired. I will personally be co-hosting a Twitter chat with EY on June 7, 2021, at 11 AM PT to discuss “What makes an entrepreneur unstoppable?”
You can join the chat using the hashtags #BizTipChat and #WEOY or follow me @Cynthialive or follow EY @EY_EOY.
