The MWCN Entrepreneur of the Year
The MWCN Entrepreneur of the Year is an annual award luncheon that recognizes a Utah entrepreneur who has built a thriving Utah-based company. The annual event is designed to inspire others to participate in the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and provides the entrepreneur honored an opportunity to give back to the community by sharing their knowledge.
Click here to view the 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year photo gallery. Photos courtesy of Laura Kinser of Kinser Studios.
Past Winners
2024 – David S. Layton, Layton Construction
2023 – Robert Redford, Sundance Resort, Sundance Institute and Sundance Catalog
2022 – Sam and Kacie Malouf, Malouf Companies & Malouf Foundation
2021 – Hanko Kiessner, Packsize International
2020 – Stephen Neeleman, HealthEquity, Inc.
2019 – Fred Lampropoulos, Merit Medical
2018 – Ryan Smith, Qualtrics
2017 – Jeremy Andrus, Traeger Grills
2016 – Aaron Skonnard, Pluralsight
2015 – Peter & Nicole Mouskondis, Nicholas & Co.
2014 – Tom Dickson, Blendtec
2013 – Todd Pedersen, Vivint
2012 – Josh James, Domo
2011 – Peter Metcalf, Black Diamond
2010 – Larry & Gail Miller, Larry Miller Group
2009 – Alan Hall, MarketStar
2008 – Amy Rees Anderson, MediConnect
2007 – Kirk Benson, Headwaters
2006 – Dr. Ted Stanley, ZARS
2005 – Ken Wooley, Extra Space
2004 – Patrick Byrne, Overstock.com
2003 – Dr. Carl Kjeldsberg, ARUP
2002 – Peter D. Meldrum, Myriad Genetics
2001 – Gary L. Crocker, Research Medical
2000 – Dr. Dinesh Patel, TeraTech
1999 – Gary Stevenson & Scott Watterson, ICON
1998 – Steve Aldous, Megahertz
1997 – Hyrum Smith, Franklin Covey
1996 – Robert Grow, Geneva Steel
1995 – David Evans, Evans & Sutherland
1994 – Ray Noorda, Novell
1993 – Dale Ballard, Ballard Medical
1992 – Jerry Atkin, SkyWest Airlines
1991 – Sidney Green, TerraTek
1990 – Alan Ashton, WordPerfect
1989 – David Bailey, Iomega
