EY Announces Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang of Zhang Financial as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award Finalist

May 1, 2024

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Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are shaping the future

PORTAGE, Mich.

,

May 1, 2024

/PRNewswire/ — Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) recently announced that

Charles Zhang

, Founder and President and

Lynn Chen-Zhang

, CEO of Zhang Financial were named as finalists for the

Entrepreneur Of The Year
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2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award

. Now in its 38th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive business award for audacious leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize sectors and have a transformational impact on lives. Over the past four decades, the program has recognized the daring entrepreneurs with big ideas and bold actions that reshape our world.

Charles and Lynn were part of 34 regional entrepreneurs from 30 companies selected as finalists by an

independent panel of judges

. The candidates were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.

According to Charles and Lynn, “Being named a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year is a humbling and deeply gratifying experience, one that we could not have achieved without our incredible team and our valued clients. This nomination is truly a testament to the remarkable dedication of our employees and their commitment to building strong client relationships. This recognition belongs to you, our clients, who have entrusted us with your financial well-being. We will continue to live by our vision of providing comprehensive, fee-only solutions built upon an academic, evidence-based investment philosophy aimed at providing the highest probability of success. We look forward to continuing to innovate and deliver exceptional wealth management solutions.”

Entrepreneur Of The Year honors many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to fortify it for the future.

Regional award winners will be announced on

Thursday, June 20, 2024

during a special celebration and will become lifetime members of an esteemed community of Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world. The winners will then be considered by the National judges for the

Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards

, which will be presented in November at the annual

Strategic Growth Forum

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, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies.

In addition to Entrepreneur Of The Year, EY US supports other entrepreneurs through the

EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women
^™

program and the

EY Entrepreneurs Access Network

to help connect women founders and Black and Hispanic/Latino entrepreneurs, respectively, with the resources, network and access needed to unlock their full potential.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting in

Michigan

and

Northwest Ohio

, sponsors also include Full View Productions, KLA Laboratories Inc., P.I.E. Management LLC, and Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications.

About Entrepreneur Of The Year
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Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year
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has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 80 countries and territories globally.

The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the

Strategic Growth Forum

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in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year
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competition. Visit

ey.com/us/eoy

.

About EY

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

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ey.com.

Elizabeth Edgerton

Zhang Financial

Elizabeth.edgerton@zhangfinancial.com