LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EY today announced the finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Award in Greater Los Angeles. Now celebrating its 30th year, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs in more than 145 cities in 60 countries who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. The business leaders noted below were selected as finalists by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a black-tie Awards Gala on Tuesday, June 21, with more than 700 founders, CEOs and other business leaders in attendance, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Finalists
- 24Hr HomeCare | David Allerby, Co-Founder & CEO, Tyner Brenneman-Slay, Co-Founder & COO, and Ryan Iwamoto, Co-Founder & CMO | El Segundo, CA
- 9to5 Seating | Dara Mir, President | Hawthorne, CA
- Beautycounter | Gregg Renfrew, Founder & CEO | Santa Monica, CA
- California Pizza Kitchen | G.J. Hart, CEO & Executive Chairman | Playa Vista, CA
- DECO Lighting | Ben Pouladian, Co-Founder & President, and Sam Sinai, Co-Founder & CEO | Commerce, CA
- Dollar Shave Club | Michael Dubin, Founder & CEO | Marina del Rey, CA
- FreedomPop | Stephen Stokols, Co-Founder & CEO | Los Angeles, CA
- GumGum | Ophir Tanz, CEO | Santa Monica, CA
- Kabafusion | Dr. Sohail Masood, CEO | Cerritos, CA
- Legalzoom.com, Inc. | John Suh, CEO | Glendale, CA
- Loot Crate, Inc. | Chris Davis, Co-Founder & CEO | Los Angeles, CA
- MarketShare | Wes Nichols, Co-Founder & CEO, and Jon Vein, Co-Founder & CEO |Los Angeles, CA
- MediaAlpha | Steve Yi, Co-Founder & CEO | Los Angeles, CA
- Mendocino Farms | Ellen Chen, Co-Founder & President, and Mario Del Pero, Co-Founder & CEO | Studio City, CA
- NewMark Merrill Companies | Sandy Sigal, CEO & President | Woodland Hills, CA
- PackIt | Melissa Kieling, CEO | Westlake Village, CA
- Ross Organic | Stephanie Leshney, President, and Erin Coulter, COO | Santa Fe Springs, CA
- Scopely | Walter Driver, Co-Founder & CEO | Culver City, CA
- SteelHouse | Mark Douglas, Founder & CEO | Culver City, CA
- SusieCakes | Susan Sarich, Founder & CEO | Santa Monica, CA
- TaskUs | Bryce Maddock, Co-Founder & CEO, and Jaspar Weir, Co-Founder & President | Santa Monica, CA
- TruConnect | Matthew Johnson, Co-CEO, and Nathan Johnson, Co-CEO | Los Angeles, CA
- Yamibuy | Alex Zhou, CEO | City of Industry, CA
- ZipRecruiter | Ian Siegel, Co-Founder & CEO | Santa Monica, CA
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Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national award winner, will be announced at the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 19, 2016. The awards gala is the culminating event of the EY Strategic Growth ForumTM, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner then moves on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in Monaco in June 2017.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are sponsored nationally by SAP America, Merrill Corporation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In Greater Los Angeles, regional sponsors include Gold sponsor: Tangram; Silver sponsors: Acacia Wealth Advisors, Ballard Spahr, Cresa, and Vaco; Media sponsor: CSQ; and PR sponsor: Olmstead Williams Communications.
About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year®
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.
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