Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Winners

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NEW YORK, June 16 - Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in Metro New York. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners were revealed at a gala event on Tuesday, June 15 at The Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York.

"Ernst & Young believes in the power of entrepreneurship," said Jodi Burns, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for Metro New York. "These Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners are the best in their class, and we are proud to honor their outstanding success."

The evening also included the presentation of two special Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

>The Social Entrepreneur Award was presented to Paul Tudor Jones II who was recognized for founding the Robin Hood Foundation.

>The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Richard Robinson for his work as Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic Inc. for the last 40 years.

Ernst & Young also recognized the achievements of three high school students (Florian Koenigsberger, Dana Laurie and Daliswan Morgan) who have all been a part of NFTE (the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) which is a non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurship education programs to young people from low-income communities.

The Metro New York winners for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2010 are:

Business Services: Glenn de Vries and Tarek Sherif, Medidata Solutions Worldwide

Digital Solutions: Jason Glickman, Tremor Media
Ecommerce: Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Gilt Groupe
Emerging: Mitch Jacobs, On Deck Capital
Financial Services: Joseph J. DePaolo, Signature Bank
Financial Technology: Howard W. Lutnick, BGC Partners, Inc.
Healthcare: Maura Bluestone, Affinity Health Plan
New Media: Craig Gooding and Doug Stevenson, Vibrant Media
Real Estate: Larry Silverstein, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Retail, distribution and manufacturing: Lexy Funk, Brooklyn Industries
Retail, distribution and manufacturing: Giorgio Kolaj, Famous Famiglia
Transformation change: Dinesh Paliwal, Harman