The award recognises outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
Award winners will be announced at a special gala on 18 June at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.
Now in its 27th year, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program has honoured the inspirational leadership of such entrepreneurs as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Michael Dell of Dell, Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, Fred Smith of FedEx, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Richard Schulze of Best Buy, Andrew Mason of Groupon, Mindy Grossman of HSN, Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, and many more.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013 as the oldest and largest privately held specialty coffee and tea retailer in the US.
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