Special recognition for global entrepreneurship was awarded to Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos
Silicon Valley-based The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) conferred the Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award- Business Transformation on Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman Aditya Birla Group. Mr Birla is the first Indian Industrialist to receive this prestigious award. Mr Birla was conferred this award at a glittering ceremony in Dubai for his extraordinary leadership of a globally diversified conglomerate during the unprecedented period of global turmoil induced by the pandemic.
Kumar Mangalam Birla joins an exclusive list of global entrepreneurs to receive the award this year that include Elon Musk for Global Entrepreneur of the Year – Immigrant Entrepreneur; Jeff Bezos as Global Entrepreneur of the Year – First Generation and Satya Nadella as the Global Entrepreneur of the Year – Entrepreneurial CEO. The awardees were selected by an independent jury chaired by Venture Capitalist, Mr Tim Draper, Founder, Draper University.
Accepting this award, Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman Aditya Birla Group said, “It is an honour to receive this prestigious award in a year that has been marked by such unprecedented change. The Aditya Birla Group stands out for its pace of activity, range of businesses and breadth of its geographical presence. The pandemic brought to the fore the inherent resilience and agility of the group that enabled our businesses to reboot and renew. I receive this award on behalf of 140,000 colleagues from over 100 nationalities.”
He also commended TiE saying, “Over a broad sweep of time TiE has enabled the entrepreneurship culture to flourish through a unique style of nurturing, mentoring and networking.”
Praveen Tailam, Chair, TiE Global Board of Trustees said, “The TiE Global Awards are meant to acknowledge the enablers of the global ecosystem. These innovators are providing opportunities for wealth creation, job creation and the inspiration to our next generation of enablers. We have a commitment to ensure that we support our ecosystem in every way possible and include these entrepreneurs and disrupters.”
In addition, the jury picked Techstars for Best Global Accelerator for Startups, MIT for Global University Promoting Student Entrepreneurship and Accel as Best Global VC Fund.
The awards ceremony was attended by an eclectic list of policymakers, business tycoons and entrepreneurs, that travelled from over 30 countries to Dubai for the two-day TiE Global Summit.
