On Friday, June 14, 2024 Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that E2’s CEO and founder, Hersh Saluja, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Bay Area Award winner. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies.
Hersh was selected by an independent judging panel that includes previous award winners, leading CEOs,
private equity and venture capital investors, and other regional business luminaries. Candidates were evaluated based on their ability to create long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to their purpose, and the demonstration of growth and substantial impact, among other key indicators.
The award recognizes original founders, transformational CEOs and multigenerational family business leaders who are creating long-term value through their entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact.
“It’s a great honor to receive this recognition from EY. Growing a business from one employee in California to over 800 across the United States provides a sense of accomplishment that can’t be measured by profits and revenues alone. It’s about the hundreds of jobs E2 has created in the communities where we live and work, and being able to support individuals, local organizations, and small businesses across our industry to help improve the world we live in.”
We couldn’t be happier for Hersh to be recognized as a winner in the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Bay Area program. As the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur Of The Year has been recognizing ambitious business leaders for nearly 40 years. The program has honored the inspirational leadership of such entrepreneurs as Kendra Scott of Kendra Scott Design, Inc., Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn Corporation, and Saeju Jeong, Noom. We’re honored to have Hersh recognized among so many other ambitious business leaders in Bay Area.
Entrepreneur Of The Year®, established in 1986, has honored over 11,000 ambitious leaders in the US and expanded globally to nearly 80 countries and territories. The program comprises 17 regional programs, with winners competing for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum® in November. The national winner represents the US at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year® competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy for more information.
Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes a wide range of business leaders for their creativity, bravery, and entrepreneurial drive. The program celebrates original founders who self-funded their business from the beginning or who secured external funding to expand their company. It also recognizes transformative CEOs who introduced innovation into an existing organization to elevate its trajectory, as well as multi-generational family business leaders who envisioned a traditional business model to strengthen it for the future.
As a Bay Area award winner, Hersh is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 National Awards. The National Award winners, including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in June 2025.