Earlier this month, Ernst & Young LLP announced the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Gulf South Award winners.
The Austin winners included Dean Drako, CEO and Founder of Eagle Eye Network, and Russell Diez-Canseco, President and CEO of Vital Farms.
In addition, Justin Fenchel, CEO and Co-Founder, Brad Schultz, CMO and Co-Founder, and Aimy Steadman, COO and Co-Founder of Beatbox Beverages, also won.
Robbins Schrader, CEO of SafeRide in San Antonio also won. And Katy Mimari, CEO of Caden Lane, based in Boerne, also won.
The winners will then be considered for the Entrepreneur of the Year National Awards, which will be presented in November.
Altogether, this year’s finalists featured 21 Austin entrepreneurs and 3 San Antonio entrepreneurs.
The Gulf South program honored 48 entrepreneurs from Central and South Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi at an awards ceremony on June 13th. An independent panel of judges selected the finalists based on “their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth, and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.”
.The other 2024 Gulf South finalists from the Austin area and San Antonio were:
Martin Keighley | CarbonFree | San Antonio
Jeff Lee and Courtney Shields | DIBS Beauty | Austin
Dr. Andrea Thomaz | Diligent Robotics | Austin
Mark Engels | ePayPolicy | Austin
Erine Gray | FindHelp | Austin
Andy Flanagan | Iris Telehealth | Austin
Beth San Segundo | OriGen Biomedical | Austin
Charles Leddy | Presidian Hospitality | San Antonio
Emerson Smith | Pushnami | Austin
Dr. Lefteris Ntouanoglou | Schoox, LLC | Austin
Nicole Budworth | Senox Corporation | Austin
Ted Ross | SpyCloud | Austin
Tony Hartl | Undefeated Tribe Operating Company LLC | Austin
Chris Brundrett | William Chris Wine Company | Hye, Texas
Chris O’Dowd | WIN Reality | Austin
Wayne Morton | Wind Energy Transmission | Austin
