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MyLife CEO and Founder Jeffrey Tinsley Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award Finalist in Greater Los Angeles Area
May 19, 2009Los Angeles, CA, – May 19 – MyLife™, the Web's single best source for people search, today announced that CEO and Founder Jeffrey Tinsley is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Greater Los Angeles Area. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Tinsley was selected as a finalist from nearly 60 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on Tuesday, June 23 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
MyLife – formerly Reunion.com – is the most effective and efficient way for people to find and keep track of everyone in their life. MyLife's proprietary people search technology spans over 750 million online and offline profiles, delivering the Internet's most comprehensive and accurate people search results with a unique, 360-degree-view of real people.
"MyLife has recently experienced a period of rapid growth, with over two million new members joining every month," said Jeffrey Tinsley, CEO and Founder of MyLife. "I'm pleased to be recognized as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award, as it is truly a testament to the work the entire MyLife team has done in building a successful and profitable Internet business that fulfills a unique market need."
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 23rd anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world.
Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 14, 2009. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors.
In the Greater Los Angeles Area, sponsors include Marsh, Scherzer International and Bowne.
About MyLife
With its proprietary people search technology and access to hundreds of millions of profiles from across the web, MyLife.com is the single best source for finding anyone and following updates for both personal and professional contacts, wherever they go. MyLife has more than 50 million members and is growing at a rate of more than 2 million new members per month. The new company was founded by entrepreneur Jeffrey Tinsley, former CEO of GreatDomains.com and Reunion.com. To build on and expand its proven revenue generating model, MyLife has received $25 million in funding from Oak Investment Partners. For more information, please visit www.MyLife.com.
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About Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program
Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the 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, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award 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.