The
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank was the venue for the annual 2013 Sanlam
Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year Awards this year and one of the top
awards, the 2013 Life Time Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship went
to Margaret Hirsch, Chief Operations Officer and a founding partner
of the Hirsch Group – the largest independently owned appliance and electronics
retail company in South Africa.
This
award comes in the wake of her winning the Top Women Entrepreneur of the Year
and Best Women Empowered Community Programme Award. She was also BWASA’s
Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012 and has received several other awards over
the last few years for achievements in the business sector.
Other
finalists were: Andrew Brown – “The Daily Buzz”, who won Small Business Entrepreneur of the
Year; Jonathan Pepler – “ Silverline Group”, who won Emerging Business Entrepreneur of
the Year; Tommy Makhatho – “ Bibi Cash and Carry”, who won Job Creator of the Year
and 2013 Sanlam Entrepreneur of the Year went to Paul
Kent – “ SureSwipe” Anton Rossouw and Mariaan Du Plessis – “Life Path
Health”, won Innovator
of the Year Award
The
Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® awards aims to honour,
benefit and uplift South African SMEs. The competition celebrates excellence in
entrepreneurship, serving as an inspiration to others to succeed in the world
of business.
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