The creators of 11 companies earned N.J. Entrepreneur of the Year honors from EY, a prestigious honor that will send them to EY’s national competition this fall.
Now in its 41st year, The Entrepreneur Of The Year program honors many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit.
It 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 strengthen it for the future.
The 11 New Jersey honorees will join winners from 16 other regional programs in November, when national finalists and award winners are announced. The national overall winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year competition.
“The Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 New Jersey Award winners are founders reshaping their industries and redefining what it means to lead as entrepreneurs,” Joel Wagner, Entrepreneur Of The Year New Jersey Program co-director, said.
Co-director Taylor Mulrane agreed.
“Through their vision, focus and commitment to growth, they are building companies that move markets forward, create opportunities for their teams and strengthen the communities around them,” he said.
A look at the honorees, listed alphabetically by company name. Please note, two of the companies had more than one representative:
- Diana Betancourth, Babco Services LLC
- John McGuckin, Clio Snacks
- Corey Apirian, Davinci Micro Fulfillment
- David Seelinger, EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services
- Ken Ehrman, Halo Collar
- Sam Rockwell, Justin Samuels, and Jeremy Reich, Happi Co.
- Vinod Borsadiya, Pioneer Life Sciences, LLC.
- Seth Flowerman and Devin Stagg, PLT Health Solutions, Inc.
- William Vanderveer, Redefine Healthcare
- Michael Marrazzo, Jr., Summit Facility Solutions
- Ari Strulson, TicketOS
