Ernst & Young announced the greater Los Angeles award winners for its Entrepreneur Of The Year program, now in its 25th year, at a gala event last night at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
The winners by category are:
- Ajay Handa, CEO, Columbus Technologies & Services, Inc.
Pasadena – Services - Adam Miller, President & CEO, Cornerstone OnDemand
Santa Monica – Technology - Lyndon Faulkner, President & CEO, Pelican Products, Inc.
Torrance – Manufacturing & Distribution - Brandon Beck, Co-Founder & CEO, Marc Merrill, Co-Founder & President, Riot Games
Santa Monica – Retail & Consumer Products - Frank Addante, CEO & Founder, the Rubicon Project, Inc.
Los Angeles – Emerging - Neal Schore, President & CEO, Triton Media Group
Sherman Oaks – Media, Advertising & Leisure - Steve Rechnitz, Co-Founder & CEO, Twin Med LLC
Santa Fe Springs – Healthcare
“Ernst & Young has honored outstanding entrepreneurs like this year’s winners for the past
25 years,” said Brian Ring, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Greater Los Angeles Program Director. “These business leaders have accomplished so much and contributed a tremendous amount to the community. They give us hope for what the next 25 years of entrepreneurs will bring.”
The program honors entrepreneurs regionally in June, leading up to the national awards in November hosted by Jay Leno in Palm Springs, Calif. All regional winners are invited to the national gala which is the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the country’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies. The overall National U.S. winner then moves on to compete for the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in June.
The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities and more than 50 countries throughout the world. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities
