{"id":9495,"date":"2023-06-26T10:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2023-06-26T10:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:34:30","slug":"ey-announces-donald-thompson-as-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2023-southeast-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/ey-announces-donald-thompson-as-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2023-southeast-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"EY Announces Donald Thompson of The Diversity Movement as an Entrepreneur Of The Year\u00ae 2023 Southeast Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this article<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are building a better world Atlanta, GA, June 22 \u2013 Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that co-founder and CEO Donald Thompson of The Diversity Movement was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year\u00ae 2023 Southeast Award winner. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. Donald Thompson was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous award winners, leading CEOs, investors and other regional business leaders. 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. \u201cThe Diversity Movement\u2019s commitment to creating stronger teams and superior workplaces is at the heart of our work in tying culture transformation to real-world, bottom-line results,\u201d said Donald Thompson, CEO and co-founder of The Diversity Movement. \u201cMy commitment centers on helping executives and their teams create culture-centric organizations and culture-centric leaders who are ready to win in the marketplace. This award demonstrates TDM\u2019s value as we help leaders create workplace excellence, which resonates across families, communities, and society.\u201d\u00a0 For nearly four decades, EY US has honored entrepreneurs whose ambition, courage and ingenuity have driven their companies\u2019 success, transformed their industries and made a positive impact on their communities. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries \u2014 all supported by vast EY resources. Since 1986, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized more than 11,000 US executives. Thompson is a globally respected and sought-after business leader with a proven track record of success in growing firms. A Certified Diversity Executive (CDE), he is passionate about driving cultural transformation and delivering strong returns for employees and shareholders. Under Thompson\u2019s leadership, The Diversity Movement has earned numerous accolades, including Inc. Magazine\u2019s 2021 Best in Business List in DE&I Advocacy and Fast Company\\'s 2022 \u201cworld-changing ideas.\u201d In addition, Thompson is a three-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies winner, named to the Forbes Next 1000 List, the Business North Carolina Power 100 List, and winner of the 2023 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Book Award in Leadership for Underestimated: A CEO\u2019s Unlikely Path to Success. Thompson serves on 12 boards across various industries, including marketing, health, and finance. He is an in-demand speaker and author, as well as host of the podcast \u201cHigh Octane Leadership in an Empathetic World.\u201d As a Southeast award winner, Thompson is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Awards. The National Award winners including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum\u00ae, one of the nation\u2019s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year\u00ae Award in June 2024.\u00a0\u00a0 The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has honored the inspirational leadership of entrepreneurs such as:\u00a0 Andreas Bechtolsheim and Jayshree Ullal of Arista Networks Daymond John of FUBU\u00a0 Hamdi Ulukaya of Chobani, Inc. Holly Thaggard and Amanda Baldwin of Supergoop! Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company James Park of Fitbit Jodi Berg of Vitamix Joe DeSimone of Carbon, Inc. Kendra Scott of Kendra Scott LLC Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn Corporation Sheila Mikhail of AskBio\u00a0 Sponsors Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, N.A.; SAP America; and the Kauffman Foundation. In the Southeast, sponsors also include regional Platinum sponsors, Cresa Global, Inc., Marsh McLennan and Vaco, LLC, regional Gold sponsor, King & Spalding LLP, and regional Silver sponsor, ADP, LLC. About Entrepreneur Of The Year\u00ae Entrepreneur Of The Year\u00ae is the world\u2019s most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National Overall Award winners go on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year\u00ae title. Visit ey.com\/us\/eoy. About EY Private As Advisors to the ambitious\u2122, EY Private professionals possess the experience and passion to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the full potential of their ambitions. EY Private teams offer distinct insights born from the long EY history of working with business owners and entrepreneurs. These teams support the full spectrum of private enterprises including private capital managers and investors and the portfolio businesses they fund, business owners, family businesses, family offices and entrepreneurs. Visit ey.com\/us\/private. About EY EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of\u00a0Ernst & Young\u00a0Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity.\u00a0Ernst & Young\u00a0Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available via ey.com\/privacy. EY member firms do not practice law where prohibited by local laws. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com. About The Diversity Movement The Diversity Movement enables organizations to build and strengthen culture by tying real-world business outcomes to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives via a scalable subscription-based employee experience platform. TDM\u2019s integrated approach creates inclusive culture through the application of data-informed insight, technology, and DEI expertise. The platform offers end-to-end education, from front-line employees to a leadership assessment tool that measures cultural competency in executive team building. TDM offers DEI Navigator for organizations who want to scale culture, as well as 400 original, digital learning lessons; 650+ award-winning micro-learning videos delivered in a \u201cNetflix for DEI experience;\u201d and analytics to track culture-building progress. \u201cTDM Library\u201d is a resource hub for organizations to find expert-curated multimedia content that transforms culture. TDM powers scalable and sustainable workplace excellence via a data-driven approach focused on results. For more information and resources, visit www.thediversitymovement.com.\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n    <\/br><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are building a better world<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Atlanta, GA, June 22<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Ernst &amp; Young LLP (EY US) today announced that co-founder and CEO Donald Thompson of The Diversity Movement was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2023 Southeast Award winner. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. Donald Thompson was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous award winners, leading CEOs, investors and other regional business leaders. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Diversity Movement\u2019s commitment to creating stronger teams and superior workplaces is at the heart of our work in tying culture transformation to real-world, bottom-line results,\u201d said Donald Thompson, CEO and co-founder of The Diversity Movement. \u201cMy commitment centers on helping executives and their teams create culture-centric organizations and culture-centric leaders who are ready to win in the marketplace. This award demonstrates TDM\u2019s value as we help leaders create workplace excellence, which resonates across families, communities, and society.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For nearly four decades, EY US has honored entrepreneurs whose ambition, courage and ingenuity have driven their companies\u2019 success, transformed their industries and made a positive impact on their communities. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries \u2014 all supported by vast EY resources. Since 1986, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized more than 11,000 US executives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thompson is a globally respected and sought-after business leader with a proven track record of success in growing firms. A Certified Diversity Executive (CDE), he is passionate about driving cultural transformation and delivering strong returns for employees and shareholders. Under Thompson\u2019s leadership, The Diversity Movement has earned numerous accolades, including Inc. Magazine\u2019s 2021 Best in Business List in DE&amp;I Advocacy and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast Company&#8217;s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2022 \u201cworld-changing ideas.\u201d In addition, Thompson is a three-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies winner, named to the Forbes Next 1000 List, the Business North Carolina Power 100 List, and winner of the 2023 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Book Award in Leadership for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Underestimated: A CEO\u2019s Unlikely Path to Success<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thompson serves on 12 boards across various industries, including marketing, health, and finance. He is an in-demand speaker and author, as well as host of the podcast \u201cHigh Octane Leadership in an Empathetic World.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a Southeast award winner, Thompson is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Awards. The National Award winners including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will be announced in November at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_us\/growth\/strategic-growth-forum-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic Growth Forum<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the nation\u2019s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the <\/span><b>World Entrepreneur Of The Year<\/b><b>\u00ae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Award in June 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has honored the inspirational leadership of entrepreneurs such as:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andreas Bechtolsheim and Jayshree Ullal of Arista Networks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daymond John of FUBU\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamdi Ulukaya of Chobani, Inc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holly Thaggard and Amanda Baldwin of Supergoop!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Park of Fitbit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jodi Berg of Vitamix<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe DeSimone of Carbon, Inc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kendra Scott of Kendra Scott LLC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn Corporation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheila Mikhail of AskBio\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded and produced by Ernst &amp; Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, N.A.; SAP America; and the Kauffman Foundation. In the Southeast, sponsors also include regional Platinum sponsors, Cresa Global, Inc., Marsh McLennan and Vaco, LLC, regional Gold sponsor, King &amp; Spalding LLP, and regional Silver sponsor, ADP, LLC.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About Entrepreneur Of The Year<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrepreneur Of The Year<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the world\u2019s most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National Overall Award winners go on to compete for the <\/span><b>World Entrepreneur Of The Year<\/b><b>\u00ae<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">title. Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_us\/entrepreneur-of-the-year-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ey.com\/us\/eoy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About EY Private<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Advisors to the ambitious\u2122, EY Private professionals possess the experience and passion to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the full potential of their ambitions. EY Private teams offer distinct insights born from the long EY history of working with business owners and entrepreneurs. These teams support the full spectrum of private enterprises including private capital managers and investors and the portfolio businesses they fund, business owners, family businesses, family offices and entrepreneurs. Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_us\/unlocking-ambitions-of-private-businesses-and-their-owners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ey.com\/us\/private<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About EY<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of\u00a0Ernst &amp; Young\u00a0Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity.\u00a0Ernst &amp; Young\u00a0Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available via ey.com\/privacy. EY member firms do not practice law where prohibited by local laws. For more information about our organization, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ey.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About The Diversity Movement<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Diversity Movement enables organizations to build and strengthen culture by tying real-world business outcomes to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives via a scalable subscription-based employee experience platform. TDM\u2019s integrated approach creates inclusive culture through the application of data-informed insight, technology, and DEI expertise. The platform offers end-to-end education, from front-line employees to a leadership assessment tool that measures cultural competency in executive team building. TDM offers DEI Navigator for organizations who want to scale culture, as well as 400 original, digital learning lessons; 650+ award-winning micro-learning videos delivered in a \u201cNetflix for DEI experience;\u201d and analytics to track culture-building progress. \u201cTDM Library\u201d is a resource hub for organizations to find expert-curated multimedia content that transforms culture. TDM powers scalable and sustainable workplace excellence via a data-driven approach focused on results. For more information and resources, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.thediversitymovement.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are building a better world Atlanta, GA, June 22 \u2013 Ernst &amp; Young LLP (EY US) today announced that co-founder and CEO15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"tdm_type":[],"class_list":["post-9495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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