An accomplished investment professional and business leader, Ernest Jacquet serves as managing partner of Freedom Capital Partners and as chairman of International Package Shipping. Among other significant accomplishments, Ernest Jacquet has been a National Judge for the Ernst & Young’s (EY) annual Entrepreneur of the Year award on 10 separate occasions.
Each year, EY invites an independent panel of business, civic and community leaders from around the world to serve as judges for Entrepreneur of the Year candidates. In recent years, most of these judges have had significant experience with previous Entrepreneur of the Year programs.
Entrepreneur of the Year judges receive essential information about each final candidate before they meet as a unified body. They are encouraged to interact with one another as well as with Entrepreneur of the Year finalists to perform comprehensive assessments according to a range of specified criteria. In addition to evaluating the general entrepreneurial spirit of each candidate, judges look closely at his or her general strategic direction, leadership, value creation capabilities, personal integrity, ability to innovate, and overall national/global impact.
Typically, there are over 100 applicants for each category of “Entrepreneur of the Year” –technology, retail, manufacturing and etc. Ernest Jacquet’s engineering degrees in Marine Architecture and Computer Science assisted him is narrowing down the candidates each year. In addition, Mr. Jacquet has served on over 12 public and private Boards of Directors and has experience starting several companies including Parthenon Capital which now manages over $4 billion.
Each year, EY invites an independent panel of business, civic and community leaders from around the world to serve as judges for Entrepreneur of the Year candidates. In recent years, most of these judges have had significant experience with previous Entrepreneur of the Year programs.
Entrepreneur of the Year judges receive essential information about each final candidate before they meet as a unified body. They are encouraged to interact with one another as well as with Entrepreneur of the Year finalists to perform comprehensive assessments according to a range of specified criteria. In addition to evaluating the general entrepreneurial spirit of each candidate, judges look closely at his or her general strategic direction, leadership, value creation capabilities, personal integrity, ability to innovate, and overall national/global impact.
Typically, there are over 100 applicants for each category of “Entrepreneur of the Year” –technology, retail, manufacturing and etc. Ernest Jacquet’s engineering degrees in Marine Architecture and Computer Science assisted him is narrowing down the candidates each year. In addition, Mr. Jacquet has served on over 12 public and private Boards of Directors and has experience starting several companies including Parthenon Capital which now manages over $4 billion.
