Meet the 2023 National winners and finalists
Congratulations to the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 National winners and finalists.
These audacious entrepreneurs are building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all.
The National overall winner, Michael Happe of Winnegbago Industries, will represent the US at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year competition in June 2024.
National overall winner
2023 National winners
Cheri Beranek
President and CEO
Clearfield
Jason McGowan
Co-Founder and CEO
Crumbl Cookies
Felipe Hasselmann
President and CEO
Cuisine Solutions
Wemimo Abbey
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Esusu
Samir Goel
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Esusu
Dr. Sohail Masood
CEO
KabaFusion
RJ Melman
President
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
Tom Brennan
CEO and CTO
Sol-Ark
Gaurab Chakrabarti
Co-Founder, CEO
Solugen
Yevgeny Dibrov
Co-Founder and CEO
Armis
Dea Belazi
President and CEO
AscellaHealth, LLC
Sarah Paiji Yoo
Co-Founder and CEO
Blueland
Cameron Mitchell
Founder and CEO
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants
Kelly Preston
President and CEO
Capital Steel & Wire
Armir Harris
Founder and CEO
CharterUP
Bruce Smith
Chairman, Owner and CEO
Detroit Manufacturing Systems
Mohammad A. Millwala
CEO
DM Clinical Research
Nathaniel Patena
CEO
DrinkPAK
Dave Saoud
Co-Founder and CEO
Freezpak Logistics
Mike Saoud
Co-Founder and CEO
Freezpak Logistics
Matt Malone
Founder and CEO
Groundworks
Patrick Hawkins
President and CEO
Hawkins, Inc.
Stephanie Kaplan Lewis
Co-founder and CPO
Her Campus Media
Annie Wang
Co-founder and President
Her Campus Media
Windsor Western
Co-founder and CEO
Her Campus Media
Henry Hernandez III
CEO
Inter-Con Security
Steve Altemus
President and CEO
Intuitive Machines, Inc.
David Glickman
Founder and CEO
Ka’ena Corporation dba Mint Mobile
Rizwan Kassim
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy and Financial Officer
Ka’ena Corporation dba Mint Mobile
Kurt Lesker IV
President and CEO
Kurt J. Lesker Company
Chris Bradford
Co-Founder and President
Newline Interactive
Kevin Wang
Co-Founder and CEO
Newline Interactive
Swapnil Agarwal
CEO
Nitya Capital
Chuck Casano
CEO
Pitaya Foods
Rodger Desai
Founder
Prove
Mark Hancock
Co-founder and CFO
Providence Group Inc.
Jason Murray
Co-Founder and CEO
Providence Group Inc.
Michael Rucker
Founder and CEO
Scout Clean Energy
Mark White
President and CEO
Shape Corp
Daryl Dudum
Founder and Co-CEO
Specialty1 Partners
Matthew Haddad
Founder and Co-CEO
Specialty1 Partners
Jane Zhang
CEO
STAR EV Corporation
Kerry Siggins
CEO
StoneAge
Matt McAlear
CEO
The McAlear Group
Michael Stomberg
CEO
The Planet Group
