Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Information

A nomination packet, which will provide us with detailed information, must be completed for each nominee.  If you nominated someone within the last two years and would like to resubmit their name for 2014, please let us know.  All nominations are reviewed carefully by a committee of alumni, faculty, and students.  
Click here to view the CEY 2014 Nomination Packet.

PAST RECIPIENTS INCLUDE: (For a PDF file of recipients and bios, click here. )

2013    Ratan Tata '59, B.Arch '62
2012    John Alexander '74, MBA '76, CBORD Group, Inc.
2011    Harris Rosen '61, Rosen Hotels and Resorts
2010    Lubna Olayan ’77, Olayan Financing Company
2009    Jay Walker ’77, Walker Digital
2008    Howard Milstein ’73, New York Private Bank & Trust
2007    Kevin McGovern ’70, McGovern Capital LLC
2005    Robert Toll ’63, Toll Brothers
2004    Steve Belkin ’69, Trans National Group
2003    Jules Kroll ’63, Kroll, Inc.
2002    Rob Ryan ’69, Ascend Communcations; Entrepreneur America
2001    Jeffrey Parker ’65, MEng ’66, MBA ‘70, CCBN
2000    Jeffrey Hawkins ’79, Handspring
1999    William Sanders ’64, Security Capital Group, Inc.
1998    Robert Felton ’61, Indus International, Inc.
1997    Linda Mason ’76, Bright Horizons Children’s Centers
1996    David Duffield ’62, BEE ’63, MBA ’64, PeopleSoft
1995    Arthur Gensler ’58, Gensler and Associates
1994    Irwin Jacobs ’56, Qualcomm, Inc.
1993    Donald Berens ’47, Hickory Farms Sales Corp.
1992    Harvey Kinzelberg ’67, Meridian Group
1991    Kenneth ’61, PhD ’67 & Marjorie ’62 Blanchard, Blanchard Training & Dev.
1989    James McLamore ’47, Burger King Corporation
1988    Julius Kayser ’47, Arthur Wolcott ’49, Seneca Foods Corporation
1987    Alfred ’06, Charles ’33, John ’60 Mellowes, Charter Manufacturing Co.
1986    John Mariani, Jr. ’54, Villa Banfi, USA
1985    Christopher Hemmeter ’62, Hemmeter Investment Co.
1984    Sanford Weill ’55, Citigroup, Inc.