Electronic Recyclers International Founder John Shegerian Receives Harold Zinkin Entrepreneur of the Year Award
March 15 2012 - 3:03PM
Business Wire
John Shegerian, Chairman, CEO and founder of Electronic
Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of
electronic waste, earlier this week received the Harold Zinkin
Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2012 Valley Business
Conference & awards Luncheon at The New Exhibit Hall in Fresno,
California.
Each year the Fresno Chamber of Commerce awards the Harold
Zinkin Entrepreneur of the Year Award to an individual that has
established a proven track record for leading his or her business
through several years of success.
Shegerian established ERI’s headquarters in Fresno in 2005 and
since then, under his stewardship, the company has fast become the
largest and most efficient recycler of electronic waste in the
world. With longstanding private sector and government contracts
and relationships, ERI is licensed to de-manufacture and recycle
televisions, computer monitors, computers, and virtually all other
types of electronic equipment.
ERI developed and houses the largest e-waste crusher in the
world right here in Fresno and processes more than 120 million
pounds of electronic waste annually at its locations in California,
Colorado, Indianapolis, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas,
Washington State and Washington DC.
The Harold Zinkin Entrepreneur of the Year Award is named after
Harold Zinkin, a world famous weightlifter and bodybuilder of the
1930s who was one of the original founders of “Muscle Beach” and
was named the first “Mr. California” in 1941 before becoming a
legendary entrepreneur and founder of Universal Gym and the
Universal Gym product line which featured groundbreaking
weightlifting machines and exercise equipment still considered the
gold standard in training today. In his later years, Zinkin settled
in Fresno where he made his home and continued his entrepreneurial
ventures.
“It’s a tremendous honor to receive this prestigious award from
my neighboring businesses here in the San Joaquin Valley,” said
Shegerian, “and to receive an award bearing the Harold Zinkin name
is very humbling as he is very much an inspiration to me. His
business success story is legendary but the legacy he created with
his amazing family is even more impressive and everlasting. As we
have continued to grow ERI as an organization, now servicing the
electronic recycling needs of people and businesses all over the
country, we are very proud of the fact that we have maintained our
headquarters here in Fresno, California. We will exhibit this very
special award with great pride at our flagship operation here in
Fresno.”
For more information on recycling needs, visit
www.electronicrecyclers.com, http://1800recycling.com or
www.urbanmining.org.
Now the largest recycler of electronic waste in the US, and the
world’s first dual-certified electronic waste recycler,
Fresno-headquartered Electronic Recyclers International is licensed
to de-manufacture and recycle televisions, computer monitors,
computers and other types of electronic equipment. ERI serves
public sector clients via GSA contract GS-10F-0051Y and processes
more than 120 million pounds of electronic waste annually at eight
locations in seven states, including California, Washington,
Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Texas and North Carolina. For
more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call
1-800-884-8466 or visit http://www.electronicrecyclers.com.