MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT, FINALIST Matt Mullenweg summarizes his philosophy of business with a quote from Walt Disney: “We don’t make movies to make money; we

TECHNOLOGY, FINALIST Tasso Roumeliotis was doing just fine helping his parents run their retail shop in Montreal when fate intervened. His father had become blind

MARKETING SERVICES, FINALIST Bill Demas has a keen eye for identifying new industries and trends and isn’t afraid to take entrepreneurial risks. He joined Turn

DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING, AWARD RECIPIENT Janna Ronert is a Nebraska-raised farm girl who started her business before she had a passport in a one-bedroom apartment

CORPORATE INNOVATOR, FINALIST The HOERBIGER Group is active throughout the world as a leading player in the fields of compression technology, automation technology and drive

TECHNOLOGY, FINALIST Lee Chen is a born leader and entrepreneur, which he has demonstrated throughout his career. He has had a hand in forming three

TECHNOLOGY, AWARD RECIPIENT At age 15, Tarkan Maner created one of Istanbul’s first commercial maps to advertise local businesses. As founder of one of Istanbul’s

CORPORATE INNOVATOR, AWARD RECIPIENT Jordan Zimmerman has been an entrepreneur from an early age. He started a door-to-door greeting card business at 8 years old,

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, AWARD RECIPIENT Timothy L. Main left a comfortable, secure job as a lending officer with an established bank to join the ranks of