Novi Company President Picked as Entrepreneur of the Year

Ernst & Young LLP today announced Thursday the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award winners in Michigan and Northwest Ohio. 

The award recognizes outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. 

The finalists and winners were selected by an independent panel of judges and honored at a gala event at MGM Grand in Detroit on Thursday. They included entrepreneurs from Royal Oak, Holland, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Troy and -- of course -- Novi. 

Collectively, these companies have experienced an average revenue growth of 80% over the past three years.  They have also seen the number of people they employ rise by over 81% in the same period.

Now in its 27th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Program has honored the inspirational leadership of entrepreneurs like Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company, Arthur M. Blank of AMB Group, LLC (The Home Depot, Atlanta Falcons), Pierre Omidyar of eBay Inc., Ruth Fertel of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Maxine Clark of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., Tom Adams of Rosetta Stone, Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, and 2012 winner Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of Chobani Inc.

The Michigan and Northwest Ohio regional award winners now go on to compete at the national level. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the National Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, in November. 

This information was provided by Ernst & Young LLP.