Cork-based Rosaleen Hyde and Maxine Hyde of Ballymaloe Foods have been revealed as a finalist of the 2024 Entrepreneur Of The Year Ireland programme, who will compete with the 23 other shortlisted entrepreneurs, which span a range of sectors including consumer, health tech, pharmaceutical, energy and engineering. Collectively this group of world class business leaders are already generating annual revenues of more than €700M and employ over 4,000 people.
The finalists who hail from across the island of Ireland will compete across three categories – Emerging, Established and International – with a special Sustainability Award presented to the finalist who is making the biggest contribution towards environmental sustainability through their business.
Ballymaloe Foods is competing in the International category, which consists of entrepreneurs who are global players. Their companies operate in multiple markets across the globe and can be headquartered here in Ireland or overseas.
This year’s finalists have been shortlisted out of more than 200 nominations by an independent judging panel of previous winners, chaired by Harry Hughes, CEO of Portwest and chairperson of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year judging panel.
One overall winner will be selected as The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 at a gala awards ceremony which will take place in November.
