After months of searching and assessing, the 2012 Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition winners were announced at an awards ceremony held on Thursday, 6 September 2012 in Johannesburg.
Category winners
Emerging Entrepreneur: Tabisa Nomnganga, Bravo Promotions Small Business Entrepreneur: Warren Graver, EnviroDeck Medium Business Entrepreneur: Trevor Davids, Trevor Davids Plumbing Innovator of the Year: Stuart Forrest, Triggerfish Animation Studios Job Creator of the Year: Madelé Ferreira, Mooihoek Boerdery
Overall winner
Entrepreneur of the Year® 2012: William Duk, The Plantation Shutter Co.
Nazeem Martin, Business Partners Limited; Job Creator of the Year: Madelé Ferreira, Mooihoek Boerdery; and Jan Steenkamp, Sanlam
Nazeem Martin, Business Partners Limited; Innovator of the Year: Stuart Forrest, Triggerfish Animation Studios; and Jan Steenkamp, Sanlam
Nazeem Martin, Business Partners Limited; Emerging Entrepreneur: Tabisa Nomnganga, Bravo Promotions; and Jan Steenkamp, Sanlam
Medium Business Entrepreneur: Trevor Davids, Trevor Davids Plumbing and Jan Steenkamp, Sanlam
Nazeem Martin, Business Partners Limited, and Small Business Entrepreneur: Warren Graver, EnviroDeck
Entrepreneur of the Year® 2012: William Duk, The Plantation Shutter Co.
Left to Right: Nazeem Martin, Trevor Davids, Stuart Forrest, Madelé Ferreira, Tabisa Nomnganga, William Duk, Warren Graver, Jan Steenkamp