EY Announces Bharani Rajakumar of Transfr as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 New York Award Winner
24 June 2024 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Celebrating the bold leaders who disrupt
markets, revolutionize industries and transform lives
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Bharani Rajakumar,
founder and CEO of Transfr, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year®
2024 New York Award winner. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the
preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders
of high-growth companies.
Rajakumar was selected by an independent judging panel made up
of previous award winners, leading CEOs and other business leaders.
Candidates were evaluated based on their ability to create
long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to their
purpose and the demonstration of growth and substantial impact,
among other key indicators.
“This award is an incredible honor and validation by EY of the
mission to which Transfr and I are dedicated,” said Bharani
Rajakumar, founder and CEO of Transfr. “We are excited to build a
future where everyone can access a pathway to upward career
mobility.”
As a New York award winner, Rajakumar is now eligible for
consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 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®, one of the nation’s 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®
Award in June 2025.
Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes 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.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized the
leadership of entrepreneurs such as:
- Saeju Jeong of Noom
- 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
- Kendra Scott of Kendra Scott LLC
- Michael Happe of Winnebago Industries
- Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn Corporation
- Sheila Mikhail of AskBio
Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members
of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs. They
receive exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and
wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in more than
60 countries — all supported by vast EY resources.
In addition to Entrepreneur Of The Year, EY US supports other
entrepreneurs through the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™(Winning
Women) program and the EY Entrepreneurs Access Network (EAN) to
help connect 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 New
York, sponsors also include regional Platinum sponsors Donnelley
Financial Solutions (DFIN), and regional Gold sponsors, ADP, DLA
Piper and Empire Valuation Consultants.
About Entrepreneur Of The Year® Founded in 1986,
Entrepreneur Of The Year® has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious
visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the
US, and it has since expanded to nearly 80 countries and
territories globally.
The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of
independent judges select the 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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About Transfr
Transfr is an emerging leader in virtual reality (VR) based
vocational career exploration and pre-apprentice training. Transfr
provides immersive-simulation training for high growth in-demand
careers that give real-world experience in the skills needed for
job success, development, and retention. Using a headset, learners
are guided through simulations by a digital coach to engage in
career exploration, job training, and practice and assessment use
cases. Transfr’s innovative platform promotes ever-improving
quality and lower development costs of VR simulations. For more
information, please visit https://transfrinc.com/.
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