‘EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year’, Interswitch CEO Joins 48 Others To Compete

For this year’s EY World Entrepreneur of the Year title, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Interswitch, Mitchell Elegbe, starting from today will join 48 other exceptional entrepreneurs, representing 49 countries across the globe to compete.

Elegbe, winner of the 2023 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award in West Africa, alongside other country winners, will be inducted into the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year ‘Hall of Fame’ for their exceptional entrepreneurial achievements and also vie for the award at the global level.

According to Ashish Bakhshi, Senior Partner and EY Entrepreneur of the Year Leader for West Africa, said the global event serves as a veritable platform to inspire today’s successful entrepreneurs so they could share their incredible entrepreneurial stories.

“On behalf of EY West Africa, I want to wish Mitchell the very best of luck as he joins other top global entrepreneurs to compete for the world title. We, EY Partners and the entire staff in West Africa are proud of his achievements in the business world not only in Nigeria but on the Africa Continent,” Ashish said.

Historically, the first and only African to win the prestigious EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award was James Mwangi, the Group Managing Director and CEO of Equity Bank, Kenya.

Other past winners were Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani Inc (USA); Olivia Lum, Group CEO and President, Hyflux Limited (Singapore), Guy Laliberté, Founder and CEO, Cirque du Soleil (Canada), Narayana Murthy, Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited (India) and Cho Tak Wong, Chairman, Fuyao Glass Industry Group (China), among others.