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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year
![The 2025 Southwest winners and stakeholders gather on stage at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards last weekend. [Photo via Dennis Cail]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EY-southest-award-2025-Dennis-Cail-share.jpg)
The 2025 Southwest winners and stakeholders gather on stage at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards last weekend. [Photo via Dennis Cail]
The Last Word: EOY Judge On What It Really Takes to Build Something Extraordinary
by Quincy Preston | Jun 25, 2025
The 2025 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Awards were judged by a powerhouse panel of past winners—including Zirtue's Dennis Cail. What he saw in the 18 standout founders and executives? The grit and vision it takes to make it.
by Alex Edwards |
Nov 18, 2021
MTX Group, the global technology consulting firm that modernizes technology for the public sector, was the only company from North Texas, and the state, to be recognized.
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![Patrick Brandt (left) and Aakash Kumar (right), who co-founded labor management platform Shiftsmart in 2015, are among the finalists for the 2021 Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Region Award. [Photo: Courtesy Shiftsmart]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Shiftsmart_entrepreneur-of-the-year-finalist_courtesy-2021-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Jun 5, 2021
These "audacious business leaders" from 38 companies were picked by a panel of judges. Here are the finalists.
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by Payton Potter |
Jul 2, 2019
The winners were chosen from a pool of 50 finalists, each based on his or her commitment to business and community.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
