Ernst & Young has announced that Barbara Smith (above), chairman, president, and CEO of Irving-based Commercial Metals Company, has been named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Award winner.
Smith joins nine others sharing the national award from New York, California, Florida, Indiana, and Maryland. Commercial Metals Company and its subsidiaries manufacture, recycle, and fabricate steel and metal products at facilities in the U.S. and Poland.
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“I’m extremely proud of our continued solid execution, which has enabled us to fully capitalize on very strong market conditions in North America and to navigate the volatile conditions in Europe,” Smith said in an earnings statement last month.
Two additional “overall winners” topped the EY list, and both come from the same Texas company: Holly Thaggard, founder, and Amanda Baldwin, CEO, of San Antonio-based Supergoop!
Smith was named one of 11 EY winners of the EOY Central Plains Award in June. See all the Central Plains winners here. 10 of the 11 were from North Texas.
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