Chuck Hammond, Raining Rose Inc., Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Central Midwest Award Winner
"While presented as an individual award, I believe this recognition really speaks to our company as a whole," Hammond said. "We have a phenomenal group of people at Raining Rose that continue to accomplish incredible things."
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Past award winners have included Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company; Arthur M. Blank of AMB Group LLC (Home Depot, Atlanta Falcons); Pierre Omidyar of eBay Inc.; Ruth Fertel of Ruth's Chris Steak House Inc.; Maxine Clark of Build-a-Bear Workshop; Tom Adams of Rosetta Stone Inc.; Matt Szulik of Red Hat Inc.; and last year's national winner, Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Capital Partners Inc.
- Companies:
- Raining Rose
- People:
- Chuck Hammond