The annual global event, produced and sponsored by Ernst & Young, draws over 9000 nominees from participating countries. This award was established to commemorate the accomplishments of the world's outstanding entrepreneurs and to build awareness around the global economic impact of their contributions.
As newly inducted members, Aron and Roos find themselves in the company of previous national and global winners including: Massmart founder Mark Lamberti, Naspers chief executive Koos Bekker, ARMgold chairman Patrice Motsepe, Michael Dell of Dell Computers and Jeff Bezos of amazon.com.
