All Posts Ernst & Young Jun 8 4 min read EY Announces Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Finalists LINK TO ARTICLE: https://www.ey.com/en_us/news/2021/06/ey-eoy-2021-greater-los-angeles-finalists Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award. Now in its 35th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program honors audacious business leaders whose ambition, courage and ingenuity help catapult us from now to next and beyond. These 31 entrepreneurs were selected as finalists by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced during a special virtual celebration on July 29 and will join the ranks of a lifelong community of esteemed Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world. The 2021 Greater Los Angeles finalists are: John Boiler, Co-Founder and Evin Shutt, CEO | 72andSunny Sharon Hoffman, CEO & Founder | Better Nutritionals Monica Ashauer, Co-Founder & COO and Grace Lee, Founder & CEO | Birdy Grey Scott Cohen, Co-Founder and Blake Johnson, Co-Founder | Byte Jack Haldrup, Founder & CEO | Dr. Squatch Punit Shah, Founder & Chief Growth Officer | EZ Texting Henrik Fisker, Chairman & CEO and Dr. Geeta Gupta Fisker, Co-Founder | Fisker, Inc. Rob Emrich, Founder & CEO | Gimbal Ramin Bastani, CEO | Healthvana, Inc. Jodi Guber Brufsky, Founder and Michelle Wahler, CEO & Co-Founder | I Am Beyond, LLC/Beyond Yoga Simon Anderson, Founder & CEO | Mission Cloud Services, Inc. Steve Barnard, Founder, President and CEO | Mission Produce, Inc. Matt Pohlson, CEO & Co-Founder | Omaze Alex Canter, CEO | Ordermark Ariel Kaye, Founder & CEO | Parachute Tim Ellis, CEO & Co-Founder | Relativity Space Katerina Schneider, Founder & CEO | Ritual David Alpert, CEO | Skybound Entertainment Benjamin Kruger, Co-Founder | Sollis Health Josh Payne, Founder & CEO | StackCommerce Steve Arhancet, Owner & Co-CEO | Team Liquid Enterprises, LLC Ben Nazarian, CEO & Co-Founder and Dr. Jason Wersland, Co-Founder | Therabody Julian Buckner, CEO | Vesta Home John Trautman, CEO | Visual Data Media Services Wyatt Taubman, CEO & Co-Founder | Vive Organic Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. Finalists were evaluated based on six criteria: entrepreneurial leadership; talent management; degree of difficulty; financial performance; societal impact and building a values-based company; and originality, innovation and future plans. Since its launch, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries throughout the world. “This year’s finalists are the next class in a long line of unstoppable visionaries,” said Innocent Shumba, US-West EY Private Leader. “They have been carefully selected by our independent panel of judges for their unwavering commitment to their companies, customers and communities in a year of unprecedented change. We are thrilled to share their inspiring stories this year.” Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, to be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2022. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners have exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of fellow alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries — all supported by vast EY resources. Greater Los Angeles Focus Each year, EY US showcases successful entrepreneurs from 20 regional competitions across the United States. In 2020, nine entrepreneurs leading companies from Greater Los Angeles were selected as Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners. For information on the Entrepreneur Of The Year Greater Los Angeles program, please visit ey.com/us/gla_eoy. Sponsor Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are nationally sponsored by SAP America and the Kauffman Foundation. In Greater Los Angeles, sponsors also include Marsh & Tangram, Avitas Wealth Management, Cresa, Donnelly Financial Solutions and Olmstead Williams Communications. About Entrepreneur Of The Year® Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National Overall winners go on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ title. ey.com/us/eoy About EY Private As Advisors to the ambitious™, EY Private professionals possess the experience and passion to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the full potential of their ambitions. 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