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About EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™

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Recognizing the best and brightest

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ program was established more than 30 years ago and today operates in more than 60 countries and 145 cities around the world.

By participating in the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program, entrepreneurs can connect with their peers, access relevant insights to help navigate their growth journey and raise the profile of their companies and teams.

Each program culminates in the announcement of an overall winner who then competes for the prestigious EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award.

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Do you have the human spirit of unstoppable ambition? Perhaps you know an entrepreneur who is creating a better world? We welcome nominations to EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programs across the globe.

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Class of 2021 +

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Class of 2021

These are the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners who competed for the world title. The inspiring journeys of these unstoppable entrepreneurs reveal how they stop at nothing to achieve their greatest ambitions.

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Argentina

Matías Woloski
Eugenio Pace
Auth0

Austria

Birgit Reitbauer
Heinz Reitbauer
Restaurant Steirereck

Azerbaijan

Rasmina Gurbatova
Resm

Belgium

Jos De Vuyst
Stow

Brazil

Pedro Bueno
Dasa

Chile

Matias Muchnik
Karim Pichara
NotCo

Mainland China

Li Jianquan
Winner Medical Co., Ltd.

Croatia

Hrvoje Josip
Balen Mislav Balković
Tomislav Dominković
Algebra

Czech Republic

Josef Průša
Prusa Research a.s.

Denmark

Knud Erik Andersen
European Energy

Estonia

Priit Kallas
Iglucraft

Finland

Topi Paananen
Peikko Group Corporation

Germany

Senator h.c. Gerhard Sturm
Ralf Sturm
ebm-papst Gruppe

Hong Kong/Macau

David Yeung
Green Monday

India

Harsh C. Mariwala
Marico Limited

Ireland

Nicola Mitchell
Life Scientific Ltd

Japan

Kohey Takashima
Oisix ra daichi Inc.

Jordan

Dr. Izzeddin Katkhuda
Dr. Omar Abdulhadi
Arab Center for Engineering Studies (ACES)

Malaysia

Kamarul A Muhamed
Aerodyne Group

Malta

Nazzareno Vassallo
Vassallo Builders Group Ltd

Mexico

Xavier López Ancona
KidZania

The Netherlands

Atilay Uslu
Corendon Holding B.V.

Norway

Henrik Badin
Vow ASA

Peru

Alfonso Bustamante
Corporación Financiera de Inversiones (CFI)

Poland

Igor Klaja
OTCF S.A.

Portugal

Guy Villax
Hovione

Romania

Horaţiu Ţepeş
BILKA

Russia

Dmitry Morozov
BIOCAD

Singapore

Ian Ang
Secretlab

Slovak Republic

Michal Meško
Martinus, s.r.o.

South Korea

JungJin SEO
Celltrion Group

Southern Africa

Mteto Nyati
Altron

Sweden

David Modig
Modig Machine Tool AB

Switzerland

Patrick Firmenich
Firmenich SA

Taiwan

Dr. Houng Sun
MIRLE Group

United Kingdom

Ben Francis
Gymshark

United States

Dr. Gordon Vanscoy
RareMed Solutions and PANTHERx Rare

Venezuela

Lorenzo Mendoza
Empresas Polar


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EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year judging panel

The unstoppable EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners vying for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 title were assessed by an independent panel of judges from around the world, most of whom have previously participated in EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programs.

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