New Zealand jeweller Michael Hill was among 50 finalists
in the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year awards
in Monte Carlo at the weekend.
However, the top honour went to Chinese businessman Cao
Dewang, chairman of Fuyao Glass Industry Group.
Fuyao Glass makes windscreens and other glass products for
cars.
The company has claimed half the market in China and is the
fourth-biggest firm in its sector globally.
Mr Hill joined winners from 50 nations to meet the
international independent panel of judges and to be inducted
into the World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Last year in New Zealand, judging panel chairman David
Johnson said Mr Hill had the attributes and achievements that
defined entrepreneurship.
"The wealth, the public company, the family ethic, he is the
kind of person every entrepreneur would want to become."
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