For more than two decades, Ernst & Young andthe Entrepreneur Of The Year®(EOY) awards have honored entrepreneurial men and women and thecompanies they build and grow. Smart Business magazine is proud to be the media sponsor for five regional EOY programs: Lake Michigan Area, Central Great Lakes, Northern California, Northeast Ohio and South Central Ohio & Kentucky.
To hear from each program director and read profiles of the finalists and award winners, click on the links below.
Hitting the brakes
How Joe McAleese made tough decisions at Bendix to keep the company in drive during the recession
Center of attention
How Jeff Friedman uses an employee-centric strategy to grow Associated Estates Realty Corp.
Money in the bank
How Marc Stefanski uses values-based leadership to nurture and grow Third Federal
The honest truth
How Don Misheff builds up his employees and client base at Ernst & Young by never being afraid to admit a mistake
Opening the vault
How Henry Meyer III unlocked KeyCorp’s potential using values-based leadership
Driven to succeed
The 2007 Entrepreneur Of The Year honorees represent great accomplishments.
Recycled vision
How Steve Demetriou stayed the course and took Aleris International from chicken manure to $4.8 billion in revenue in two years
