The shortlist of 24 finalists in this year's EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programme have been announced.
The 19th year of the programme focuses on the theme of building a business legacy, and includes mentoring initiatives, executive education and an international CEO Retreat to Boston.
Finalists will also benefit from networking with an experienced community of peers, as they join the 416-strong EOY community of former finalists and winners.
The finalists have a combined workforce of almost 3,000 people and turnover of nearly €450m.
Companies have been selected in three categories - emerging, industry and international.
EMERGING CATEGORY
Kitman Labs - Stephen Smith
Oneview Healthcare PLC - Mark McCloskey
Tiger Stores - Niall Stringer and Gillian Maxwell
NewsWhip - Paul Quigley and Andrew Mullaney
Freshly Chopped Limited - Brian Lee
Beats Medical - Ciara Clancy
Q1 Scientific - Louise Grubb
Plotbox - Leona and Sean McAllister
INDUSTRY CATEGORY
3fivetwo Group - Dr Suresh Tharma and Mr Ashok Songra
JMW Farms - Jim Wright
Leckey - James Leckey
M&M Contractors - Gareth Loye
Codd Mushrooms - Leslie Codd
Green Property - Stephen Vernon
TPI Group - Colin Culliton
Uform - Eamon Donnelly
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY
Athlone Extrusions - James McGee
Kainos Group Plc - Brendan Mooney
MobileWebAdz - Kieran O’Keeffe
3D4Medical - John Moore
Abbey Machinery - Clodagh Cavanagh
Prepaid Financial Services and eCOMM Merchant Solutions - Noel Moran
The Healy Group - Maurice Healy
iCabbi - Gavan Walsh
"The finalists represent a fantastic mix of listed and private entrepreneur-led companies from a diverse range of sectors, including food, retail, technology, and manufacturing. There is also a particularly strong spread of finalists from the burgeoning life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors in Ireland," commented Kevin McLoughlin, Partner Lead at the Entrepreneur of the Year programme.
