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

EOY 2023 Heartland Winnebago Michael Happe

Michael Happe
President and CEO
Winnebago Industries

    

2023 National winners

EOY 2023 Heartland Clearfield Cheri Beranek

Cheri Beranek
President and CEO
Clearfield

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Raj Sharma

Jason McGowan
Co-Founder and CEO
Crumbl Cookies

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Felipe Hasselmann
President and CEO
Cuisine Solutions

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Wemimo Abbey
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Esusu

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Samir Goel
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Esusu

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Dr. Sohail Masood
CEO
KabaFusion

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RJ Melman
President
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants

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Tom Brennan
CEO and CTO
Sol-Ark

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Gaurab Chakrabarti
Co-Founder, CEO
Solugen

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Sean Hunt
Co-Founder, CTO
Solugen

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Josh Meyerowitz
Founder and CEO
SupplyHouse

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2023 National finalists

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Yevgeny Dibrov
Co-Founder and CEO
Armis

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Dea Belazi
President and CEO
AscellaHealth, LLC

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Sarah Paiji Yoo
Co-Founder and CEO
Blueland

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Cameron Mitchell
Founder and CEO
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants

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Kelly Preston
President and CEO
Capital Steel & Wire

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Armir Harris
Founder and CEO
CharterUP

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Bruce Smith
Chairman, Owner and CEO
Detroit Manufacturing Systems

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Mohammad A. Millwala
CEO
DM Clinical Research

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Nathaniel Patena
CEO 
DrinkPAK

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Dave Saoud
Co-Founder and CEO
Freezpak Logistics

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Mike Saoud
Co-Founder and CEO
Freezpak Logistics

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Matt Malone
Founder and CEO
Groundworks

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Patrick Hawkins
President and CEO
Hawkins, Inc.

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Stephanie Kaplan Lewis
Co-founder and CPO
Her Campus Media

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Annie Wang
Co-founder and President
Her Campus Media

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Windsor Western
Co-founder and CEO
Her Campus Media

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Henry Hernandez III
CEO
Inter-Con Security

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Steve Altemus
President and CEO
Intuitive Machines, Inc.

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David Glickman
Founder and CEO
Ka’ena Corporation dba Mint Mobile

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Rizwan Kassim
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy and Financial Officer
Ka’ena Corporation dba Mint Mobile

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Kurt Lesker IV
President and CEO
Kurt J. Lesker Company

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Chris Bradford
Co-Founder and President
Newline Interactive

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Kevin Wang
Co-Founder and CEO
Newline Interactive

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Swapnil Agarwal
CEO
Nitya Capital

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Chuck Casano
CEO
Pitaya Foods

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Rodger Desai
Founder
Prove

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Mark Hancock
Co-founder and CFO
Providence Group Inc.

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Jason Murray
Co-Founder and CEO
Providence Group Inc.

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Michael Rucker
Founder and CEO
Scout Clean Energy

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Mark White
President and CEO
Shape Corp

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Daryl Dudum
Founder and Co-CEO
Specialty1 Partners

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Matthew Haddad
Founder and Co-CEO
Specialty1 Partners

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Jane Zhang
CEO
STAR EV Corporation

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Kerry Siggins
CEO
StoneAge

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Matt McAlear
CEO
The McAlear Group

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Michael Stomberg
CEO
The Planet Group

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B.J. Werzyn
CEO
West Shore Home

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