Business Leader Names 2009 Triangle Business Leaders of the Year
Triangle's Top Entrepreneurs Also Honored
RALEIGH, N.C. – Business Leader Media is proud to announce the winners its 15th annual Business Leader of Year awards for the Triangle. The winners were honored at an award ceremony held February 16, 2009 at the North Raleigh Hilton as part of Business Leader’s annual Hall of Fame Awards. The Triangle’s Top Entrepreneur was also honored at the award ceremony.
The winners were chosen from hundreds of nominees within six categories. Based on the quality of the nominations, Business Leader chose four finalists in each category, with the winners being determined by community vote. Over 7,000 people voted for the North Carolina awardees.
The 2009 award winners are:
Business Leader of the Year – Business Services:
President and CEO – Alliance of Professionals and Consultants Inc.
Kieran Shanahan, Principal – The Shanahan Law Group PLLC
Business Leader of the Year – Financial Services:
- B. Grant Yarber, President and CEO – Capital Bank
Business Leader of the Year – Community Infrastructure:
- Stephen Scott, President – Wake Technical Community College
Business Leader of the Year – Products & Development:
- Tom Raynor, CEO – Fleet Feet Inc.
Business Leader of the Year – Real Estate:
- Edward Fritsch, President and CEO – Highwoods Properties
Business Leader of the Year – Technology & IT:
- Rich Lee, Founder and CEO – Hosted Solutions
Top Entrepreneur:
Sheldon Wolitski, Founder and CEO – The Select Group
About Business Leader Media:
Since 1989, Business Leader Media has focused on providing regional business profiles, business news, leader profiles, and best practices to C-level executives and business owners. Business Leader Media develops magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters and events that support the critical local market information needs of business leaders.
About Business Leader in the Triangle:
Business Leader Media publishes Business Leader magazine, The Book of Leaders and the Corporate Relocation Guide in the Triangle, the Park Newcomers Guide in RTP, and The North Carolina Legal Guide. Business Leader operates the area’s largest newswire featuring daily business news, business rankings, and business profiles at www.RaleighDurham.com. The company hosts over 30 local business events each year in the Triangle, including the annual Movers & Shakers, Women Extraordinaire, Hall of Fame, Business Champions and Healthiest Company/CEO, Top 100 Small Businesses, Top CFOs awards, and two monthly breakfast speaker series featuring top Triangle and RTP CEOs.