Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Tom Brennan, CEO & CTO of Sol-Ark was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Award winner, following his selection as a Southwest regional award winner in June. Winners were selected from a pool of 224 regional Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 Award winners from 197 companies across the US. Entrepreneur Of The Year was created to honor those audacious entrepreneurs who dare to reimagine what’s possible and develop products and solutions that disrupt markets, revolutionize industries and transform lives. Now in its 37th year, it is celebrated as one of the most respected business award programs in the world.
“I am deeply honored to be an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Winner. This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication from my business partner and CMO, Bhawna Oberoi, as well as the entire Sol-Ark Team. I founded Sol-Ark to serve God, my Family and my Extended Family at Sol-Ark,” said Tom Brennan, CEO and CTO of Sol-Ark. “I serve God by enabling more families and businesses to be energy independent. I serve my Family by spending more time with them. I serve my Extended Family at Sol-Ark by making them financially independent and ensuring their families are free of debt. Bhawna and I shared the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® National Award with 43 employees who played a pivotal role in our success by awarding them with a collective $1M+ bonus.”
Winners were selected by a panel of independent judges made up of entrepreneurs and other notable business leaders from across the US. The candidates were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.
Tom Brennan is the pioneer of hybrid inverters. After doing extensive research across the globe, Tom concluded the current energy storage solutions were cumbersome, expensive, overly complex, and offered minimal power capability. He saw the opportunity to disrupt the energy industry through innovation and technology. Tom founded Sol-Ark over a decade ago with a mission to make the most reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy storage solutions to power families and businesses.
Sol-Ark is a global energy technology leader with over six generations of hybrid inverters, nine years of profitable growth, and is on track to significantly reduce the cost of energy storage for families and businesses. Sol-Ark recently launched a Commercial and Industrial LimitLess Lithium™ Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), which includes high voltage batteries with built-in fire protection. LimitLess LIthium™ BESS is an industry leading efficient, flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solution to energy storage. Commercial organizations are leveraging LimitLess Lithium™ BESS as a competitive advantage to reduce energy costs, enhance building power capacity for EV fleet integration and charging stations, combine renewable energy sources, and increase uptime and reliability of critical operations.
SOURCE: PRNewswire