Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious
entrepreneurs who are shaping the future
HOUSTON, May 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that
Scott Aronstein, CEO, Connectivity
Source was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Gulf
South Award finalist. The Gulf South program celebrates
entrepreneurs from Central and South
Texas, Louisiana and
Mississippi. In its 38th year,
Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive business
award for audacious leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize
sectors and have a transformational impact on lives. Over the past
four decades, the program has recognized daring entrepreneurs with
big ideas and bold actions that reshape our world.
Scott was one of the regional entrepreneurs selected as
finalists by an independent panel of judges. The candidates were
evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value
through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among
other core contributions and attributes.
In Scott's words, "I am honored and humbled to be a finalist in
the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 program. It takes a team of
dedicated and talented people to create, develop and grow a
business. I am fortunate to have an incredible team with me on this
journey throughout the years."
Connectivity Source is a postpaid and prepaid wireless device
and services retail store operator established in 1999. The
Connectivity Source Group of Companies also serves retail customers
as a franchisee of Cell Phone Repair by Assurant, offering mobile
device repair services and technical support solutions.
Additionally, the company has a business-to-business sales division
that sells wireless products and services to government, enterprise
and business customers.
Entrepreneur Of The Year honors many different types of business
leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit.
The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their
business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their
company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an
existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and
multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy
business model to fortify it for the future.
Regional winners will be announced June
13, 2024 during a special celebration and will become
lifetime members of an esteemed community of Entrepreneur Of The
Year alumni from around the world. The winners will be
considered by National judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year
National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual
Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation's most
prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading
companies.
In addition to Entrepreneur Of The Year, EY US supports other
entrepreneurs through the EY Entrepreneurial Winning
Women™ program and the EY Entrepreneurs Access
Network connecting women founders and Black and
Hispanic/Latino entrepreneurs, respectively, with the resources,
network and access needed to unlock their full potential.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young
LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting
sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, Marsh USA, SAP and the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation. In the Gulf South, sponsors also include ADP, DLA
Piper, Marsh McLennan Agency, vcfo, Big Picture Inc., and Pierpont
Communications.
About Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year® has
celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who lead
successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and has since expanded to
nearly 80 countries and territories globally.
The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of
independent judges select regional award winners every
June. Those winners compete for national recognition at
the Strategic Growth Forum® in November where
National finalists and award winners are announced. The
overall National winner represents the US at the World
Entrepreneur Of The Year® competition. Visit
ey.com/us/eoy.
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