EY US announces Neil Araujo of iManage as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Midwest Award winner

CHICAGO – June 11, 2025 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Neil Araujo, CEO and co-founder of iManage was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Midwest Award winner. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. For 40 years, EY US has celebrated ambitious entrepreneurs who are transforming industries, impacting communities and creating long-term value.

Araujo was chosen by an independent panel of past winners, top CEOs and business leaders. Judges assessed candidates on long-term value creation, entrepreneurial spirit, purpose-driven commitment and significant growth and impact.

“Winning this award is a powerful validation of the journey we’ve been on, not just as a company, but as a team driven by purpose,” said Araujo. “From building a global SaaS business to delivering lasting value to our customers, we’ve remained focused on what truly matters. As we lead the industry into the era of AI, we believe businesses have a responsibility to create positive impact, not only through the technology we deliver, but in the communities we serve. That’s a responsibility we embrace with pride and purpose.”

As a Midwest award winner, Araujo is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 National Awards. The National Award winners, including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2026. 

Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future.

The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized the leadership of entrepreneurs such as:

Sheila Mikhail of AskBio

James Park of Fitbit

Arthur Blank of The Home Depot

Kendra Scott of Kendra Scott LLC

Herb Kohler, Jr. of Kohler Company

Reed Hoffman and Jeff Weiner
of LinkedIn

Dhruv Saxena of ShipBob

Louie Gentine of Sargento

Sam Johnson of S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc.

Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company

Jodi Berg of Vitamix

Michael Happe of Winnebago Industries

Eric Yuan of Zoom

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, LLC, Marsh USA, and SAP. In the Midwest, sponsors also include LaSalle Staffing, Inc. and Becker Professional Education.

About Entrepreneur Of The Year

Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 60 countries globally.

The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum® in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.

About EY

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About iManage

iManage is dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™. Our cloud-native platform is at the center of the knowledge economy, enabling every organization to work more productively, collaboratively, and securely. Built on more than 30 years of industry experience, iManage helps leading organizations manage documents and emails more efficiently, protect vital information assets, and leverage knowledge to drive better business outcomes. As your strategic business partner, we employ our award-winning AI-enabled technology, an extensive partner ecosystem, and a customer-centric approach to provide support and guidance you can trust to make knowledge work for you. iManage is relied on by more than one million professionals at 4,000 organizations around the world. Visit www.imanage.com to learn more.