This year award «World Entrepreneur of the Year 2022» ceremony was in offline format and took place in Monaco. On June 9 Gaston Taratuta, Founder and CEO of Argentina-based Aleph Group, Inc. was named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year. Gaston was selected from among over 350 program participants that included the 50 country winners from 41 global jurisdictions vying for the title. He is the second winner from South America in the award’s 22-year history. The event featured a diverse set of voices and perspectives including special guest, lead singer of U2 Bono.
Taratuta, 49, first founded his company Internet Media Services (IMS) in 2005 with an ambition to deepen the digital ecosystem in his native Argentina and help grow the global technology industry across the region. He would go on to combine IMS with strategically acquired businesses to form Aleph Group, Inc., a distinguished global advertising holding company with a presence in 90 markets across four continents. As of last year, Aleph Group generated a net operating revenue amounting to US$131m with a net income of US$26m while employing more than 1,000 people.
During the two-day celebration EY also named British fashion designer Stella McCartney CBE, as the winner of the EY Social Entrepreneurship Award 2022 for Sustainability. The honor recognizes her career-long commitment to sustainability and innovation in fashion design, and her non-profit, Stella McCartney Cares. The charitable platform is aimed at creating positive change in the fashion industry and the world at large by inspiring others to embrace sustainable practices.
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