Chris Moore
Global assurance, tax and advisory services leader Ernst & Young (EY) announced that Chris Moore, co-founder of Old Stove Brewery and founder of Concord Technologies, received the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award in the Mold Breaker category in the Pacific Northwest Region. Moore, who founded Concord in 1996, was selected by an independent panel of judges and presented with the award during a black-tie gala at the prestigious King Street Ballroom and Perch in downtown Seattle June 14.
As the world’s most prestigious business awards program for entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities, while also transforming our world. It was a well-balanced mix of all those categories that led to Moore’s recognition; however, Moore’s foresight and innovation in three key projects led him to winning the “Mold Breaker” category.
First with Concord Technologies, he saw the benefit of delivering fax over the internet long before the “cloud” moniker was born. Then he founded Old Stove Brewery in Pike Place Market in 2016, and his most recent venture and major investment in preserving The Mill at Vicksburg—a historic paper mill he’s transforming into a mixed-use campus that will include meeting and convention space, multiple indoor and outdoor concert venues, an Old Stove Brewery and Taproom, residential, commercial and outdoor recreation space, and a boutique hotel while also stimulating long-term economic revitalization in his hometown of Vicksburg, Michigan.
At the June 14 event Moore thanked his parents for their love and support to help him get where he is. He also acknowledged that the award helps recognize a childhood dream of being an entrepreneur: “Ever since I was a little kid I always wanted to be an entrepreneur and I’ve been able to live my life that way. I’m very appreciative of this recognition of how my life has unfolded.”
As a Pacific Northwest award winner, Moore is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 National Awards. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. 16, 2019. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
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