Eric Anderson of Space Adventures Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award Winner for Greater Washington

June 25 2010

Last night, Eric Anderson, Co-Founder and Chairman of Space Adventures, Ltd., the leading space tourism company and the only company who has arranged for private citizens to go to space, was honored as a recipient of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year award for Greater Washington.  The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Having won the regional competition, Mr. Anderson now advances to the national competition and will be considered for the overall award of National Entrepreneur Of The Year, to be announced in November.

“With great honor, I accept the Entrepreneur Of The Year award," said Eric Anderson, Co-Founder and Chairman of Space Adventures. “It is very satisfying to know that amid all the challenges that we faced in creating and opening the market for space tourism that we have come to a point to be recognized with such a high honor. I am grateful not only for the award itself, but also for the chance to share it with my family, my colleagues at Space Adventures, and all of the private citizens who have helped to open the frontier by traveling to space with us!”
 

About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year:

Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year.
 

About Ernst & Young:

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential. For more information, please visit www.ey.com.
 

About Space Adventures:

Space Adventures, the company that organized the flights for the world's first private space explorers, is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with an office in Moscow. It offers a variety of programs such as the availability today for spaceflight missions to the International Space Station and around the moon, Zero-Gravity flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification programs and reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company's advisory board includes Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, Shuttle astronauts Sam Durrance, Tom Jones, Byron Lichtenberg, Norm Thagard, Kathy Thornton, Pierre Thuot, Charles Walker, Skylab/Shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev.

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