On Thursday, September 19, seven companies were honored at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards gala in Frankfurt for their entrepreneurial achievements. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards are held in more than 140 cities and in more than 50 countries worldwide and recognize outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Annually, each of the overall country winners gather in Monte Carlo, Monaco, for the annual Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Finalists and winners were selected by an independent panel of judges.
The Winners are:
- Kategorie Investitionsgüterindustrie: Michael Marhofer, ifm electronic gmbh
- Kategorie Konsumgüterindustrie: Dr. Andreas Kaufmann und Alfred Schopf, Leica Camera AG
- Kategorie Dienstleistung: Alfred Keschtges und Kai F. Wißler, invenio Group
- Kategorie Handel: Ulrich Walter, Ulrich Walter GmbH
- Kategorie Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie/Medien: Peter Samuelsen, Thomas Köhler und Stefan Grieben, novomind AG
- Kategorie Start-up: Dr. Dr. Saskia Biskup und Dr. Dirk Biskup, CeGaT GmbH
- Ehrenpreis für Familienunternehmen: Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell, Faber-Castell Aktiengesellschaft
